Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1992, 5:18 PM EST for Johnston County, Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1992, 5:18 PM EST (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1992, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnston County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 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 102220 SVRRDU NCC101-191-195-102300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 518 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY...WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...WESTERN WILSON COUNTY AT 516 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST EAST OF CLAYTON TO 5 MILES EAST OF BENSON. THE STORMS KNOCKED POWER POLES DOWN IN CLAYTON AT 5 PM. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 60 MPH TO OVER 100 MPH. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE HAIL CAN INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE.
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 10, 2:04 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-015-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 200 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT... AT 155 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT MOVING EAST INTO NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY THROUGH GUILFORD COUNTY AND INTO RANDOLPH COUNTY OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE COUNTIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED FIRST BY THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PERSON...GRANVILLE...ORANGE...CHATHAM AND DURHAM. PERSONS IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...AND NOAA WEATHER GRADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PWB
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 2:11 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
NCZ006-102010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 210 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST GUILFORD AND EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... AT 205 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GUILFORD COUNTY AND EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY EAST OF ASHEBORO AND AROUND RAMSEUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..HAIL.. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN ALAMANCE..EASTERN GUILFORD AND EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. RBN
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 3:21 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-015-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 320 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SANDHILLS. AT 315 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MECKLENBURG COUNTY VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SANDHILLS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OVER NORTHEAST GRANVILLE COUNTY AROUND OXFORD AND IN ORANGE COUNTY NEAR HILLSBOROUGH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY AND MOVING INTO WESTERN MOORE AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALSO BE AFFECTING VANCE...DURHAM...WESTERN WAKE...LEE...HOKE AND ROBESON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WI_LL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PWB
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:13 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 413 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. AT 410 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE GASTON ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA BORDER...SOUTHWEST THROUGH WARREN COUNTY...INTO EXTREME WESTERN WAKE COUNTY AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE SANDHILLS JUST TO THE WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LILLINGTON IN HARNETT COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM OXFORD IN VANCE COUNTY TO WESTERN WAKE COUNTY NEAR THE RALEIGH/DURHAM AIRPORT. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WARREN...FRANKLIN...JOHNSTON...AND EASTERN WAKE COUNTIES BY 445 PM. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 OR 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PWB
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:10 PM EST, 8 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 505 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA. AT 500 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WARREN COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH FRANKLIN... EASTERN WAKE...WESTERN JOHNSTON...AND INTO CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWEST SAMPSON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LOUISBURG IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SOUTH TO WENDELL IN EASTERN WAKE COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY AROUND CLAYTON AND BENSON. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING HALIFAX... WILSON...EASTERN JOHNSTON AND WESTERN SAMPSON AND BLADEN COUNTIES BY 545 PM THIS EVENING. A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH WAS RECORDED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT PASSED THE RALEIGH/DURHAM AIRPORT AROUND 400 PM. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 OR 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE COASTAL PLAIN DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PWB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 5:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 47 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.