Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 23, 1992, 2:34 AM EST for Durham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 1992, 2:34 AM EST (07:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 1992, 3:15 AM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Durham County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 230734 SVRRDU NCC063-230815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 234 AM EST MON NOV 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY AT 230 AM EST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF DURHAM. THIS STORM PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN ORANGE COUNTY WITHIN THE PAST HALF-HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW! SEEK REFUGE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOUSE OR BUILDING...IN A SMALL ROOM...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 11:17 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
NCZ005-014-230515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1117 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1 AM EST...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RALEIGH...DURHAM... CHARLOTTE...AND FAYETTEVILLE. AT 1115 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME WESTERN MOORE COUNTY BETWEEN SPIES AND EAGLE SPRINGS. THIS STORM HAD REDEVELOPED AND WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO PORTIxONS OF SOUTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. ^ STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GAF
Local storm report, Nov 22, 11:36 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1135 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
ATTN SELS...
2300 EST...TREES DOWN WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY..FROM SHERIFF
2310 EST...NUMEROUS REPORTS MOBILE HOMES OVERTURNED WEST CENTRAL
IREDELL AND POSSIBLY SOUTHERN PORTION.
2320 EST...TREE DOWN NEAR LANDIS IN SOUTHWEST ROWAN COUNTY.
RBNSpecial weather statement, Nov 23, 12:02 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
NCZ005-014-230600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1201 AM EST MON NOV 23 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1 AM EST...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RALEIGH...DURHAM... CHARLOTTE...AND FAYETTEVILLE. AT 12 MIDNIGHT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY. THESE STORMS PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH AS THEY MOVED THROUGH NORTHWESTERN MOORE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHERN CHATHAM...SOUTHERN ORANGE...AND SOUTHWESTERN DURHAM COUNTIES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GAF
Local storm report, Nov 23, 12:30 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1230 AM EST MON NOV 23 1992
ATTN SELS...
2350 EST...80 MPH WIND MEASURED AT HANES MALL IN WINSTON SALEM
2350 EST...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN KING AREA& OF SOUTHWEST STOKES COUNTY
RALEIGH SAYS THEY MAY HAVE SEEN A HOOK IN THIS AREA.
RBNLocal storm report, Nov 23, 1:38 AM EST, 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
140 AM EST MON NOV 23 1992
ATTN SELS...
2350 EST...2 INJURIES REPORTED IN THE KING STORM IN SOUTHWEST STOKES
COUNTY. ONE HOUSE DESTROYED..ROOF OF ANOTHER.
11/23/92
0055 EST...TREES DOWN RANDELMAN ROAD AND SPUR ROAD GUILFORD COUNTY
SOUTH OF GREENSBORO.
0115 AM...TREE ACROSS ROAD NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY BETWEEN CLIMAX
AND LEVEL CROSS.
RBNSpecial weather statement, Nov 23, 2:00 AM EST, 34 minutes before
NCZ003>005-230800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 200 AM EST MON NOV 23 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND PARTS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN UNTIL 6 AM... AT 2 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD TO EXTREME WESTERN ORANGE... EXTREME WESTERN CHATHAM...AND WESTERN MOORE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE LINE WERE IN EASTERN ALAMANCE COUNTY ABOUT TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN ORANGE COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 3 AM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 6 AM. ALL PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GAF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 12:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 32 min |
| Nov 23, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 57 min |
| Nov 23, 2:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 57 min |
| Nov 23, 2:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 40 min |
| Nov 23, 3:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 27 min |
| Nov 23, 4:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 56 min |
| Nov 23, 4:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 59 min |
| Nov 23, 5:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 55 min |
| Nov 23, 5:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Pitt, Wilson | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.