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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 23, 1992Pitt County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 23, 1992, 5:47 AM EST for Pitt County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Nov 23, 1992, 5:47 AM EST (10:47 UTC)
Expired: Nov 23, 1992, 6:45 AM EST
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Pitt County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The text

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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

Local storm report, Nov 23, 1:38 AM EST, 4 hours 9 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.

RBN

Special weather statement, Nov 23, 2:00 AM EST, 3 hours 47 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

Special weather statement, Nov 23, 2:46 AM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Nov 23, 2:56 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
255 AM EST MON NOV 23 1992

TIME           EVENT
220 AM EST     ORANGE COUNTY...SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO
               TOUCHDOWN WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF HILLSBOROUGH.
               PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FROM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IS
               THAT SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED WITH
               SOME PEOPLE STILL PINNED INSIDE. THE DAMAGE IS OFF
               OF ROUTE 70 ON FAUCETTE ROAD.

220 AM EST     ORANGE COUNTY...HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED TREES DOWN
               AND NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN SOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH NEAR
               THE INTERSECTION OF I-85 AND I-40.

GAF

Special weather statement, Nov 23, 4:00 AM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 23, 5:27 AM EST, 20 minutes before

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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, 2:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	41 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

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1992 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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