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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

November 4, 1992Chowan County, Gates County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 4, 1992, 8:08 PM EST for Chowan County, Gates County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1992, 8:08 PM EST (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1992, 8:45 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chowan County, NC, Gates County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Hatteras, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Hatteras, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHAT 050112
TORHAT
NCC041-073-050145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
808 PM EST WED NOV 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CAPE HATTERAS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN CHOWAN COUNTY...GATES COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE CHOWAN RIVER AND THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF CHOWAN COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR WHICH WILL BRING THE STORM INTO SOUTHERN GATES COUNTY
IN A FEW MINUTES...AND APPROACH THE TOWN OF SUNDBURY BY 820 PM EST.
 
 
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TVAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A
DITCH.
 
B TERRIZZI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 7:22 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXHertford38 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.