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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 10, 1992Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1992, 11:58 PM EST for Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 1992, 11:58 PM EST (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 1992, 12:45 AM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Chatham County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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