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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 4, 1992Johnston County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 4, 1992, 4:16 PM EST for Johnston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1992, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1992, 5:00 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Johnston County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 1992-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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 12:00Z on 1992-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 042117
TORRDU
NCC101-042200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
416 PM EST WED NOV 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY
 
AT 415 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SELMA IN JOHNSTON
COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN...LOW CLOUDS
...AND TREES. OFTEN YOUR ONLY WARNING WILL BE A LOUD ROARING SOUND
AND FLYING DEBRIS. BUT THAT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!  WHEN
SAFE TO DO SO...REPORT DAMAGES TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS PROMPTLY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 4:40 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHNash, Wilson50 min
Nov 4, 5:10 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHScotland35 min
Nov 4, 5:25 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHHoke, Moore50 min
Nov 4, 5:41 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHHarnett, Lee49 min
Nov 4, 5:50 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHJohnston40 min
Nov 4, 6:07 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHCumberland53 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.