Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 4:30 PM EST for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 1992, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nash County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 192135 SVRRDU NCC127-192230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 430 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...NASH COUNTY AT 430 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN NASH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. GAF
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, Mar 19, 2:26 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-192015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 217 PM EDT THU MAR 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 7 PM... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN PERSON COUNTY AND PARTS OF THE SANDHILLS... AT 218 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SANDHILLS WITH THE STRONGEST STORM LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PERSON COUNTY IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AND STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AND THESE HAVE PRODUCED HAIL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. ALL PERSONS IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GAF
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:02 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-192015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 300 PM EDT THU MAR 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 7 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY... AT 3 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DUNN IN SOUTHEAST HARNETT COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH INTO SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY. RADAR SHOWED THAT SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMAPNY THIS STORM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER HOKE COUNTY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF RAEFORD AND IN NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF ROXBORO. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. ALL PERSONS IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO THE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GAF
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NCZ003>005-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 318 PM EDT THU MAR 19 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PERSON COUNTY... AT 315 PM HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL IN SOUTHERN PERSON COUNTY NEAR TIMBERLAKE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY TO THE NORTH OF ROXBORO. ALL PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GAF
Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:13 PM EST, 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 411 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 TIME EVENT 400 PM LARGE HAIL...GOLFBALL SIZE CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY, NC. KK
Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:25 PM EST, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
422 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992
TIME EVENT
415 PM 1/2 INCH HAIL...FRANKLIN COUNTY, NC...REPORTED
BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
REALocal storm report, Mar 19, 4:27 PM EST, 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 428 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 TIME EVENT 420 PM GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...PITT COUNTY NEAR RR 1700-1742. EJC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 68 min |
| Mar 19, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 68 min |
| Mar 19, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lenoir, Wayne | 55 min |
| Mar 19, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 67 min |
| Mar 19, 4:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 65 min |
| Mar 19, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Pitt | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.