Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 1992, 4:17 PM EST for Harnett County, Lee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 1992, 4:17 PM EST (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harnett County, NC, Lee County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 192119 TORRDU NCC105-085-192215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 417 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...HARNETT COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT 412 PM IN THE CARBONTON ROAD AREA OF WESTERN LEE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NO/T GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH. GAF
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 1 hour 51 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 15 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, 57 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, 4 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
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, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 60 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
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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.