Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1992, 6:40 PM EDT for Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1992, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scotland County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:10 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Scotland, NC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 3, 5:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NCZ003-014-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 502 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADED TOWARD CHATHAM COUNTY... AT 5 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT PROBABLY CONTAINED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHEBORO. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL BE APPROACHING SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY BETWEEN 520 AND 530 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. ALL PERSONS IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...PARTICULARLY IN CHATHAM COUNTY ...SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GAF
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NCZ003-014-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 505 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADED TOWARD CHATHAM COUNTY... AT 5 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT PROBABLY CONTAINED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHEBORO. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL BE APPROACHING SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY BETWEEN 520 AND 530 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. ALL PERSONS IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...PARTICULARLY IN CHATHAM COUNTY ...SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GAF
Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:20 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.