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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 4, 1992Nash County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 4, 1992, 4:40 PM EST for Nash County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 4, 1992, 4:40 PM EST (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Nov 4, 1992, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Nash County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 042142 COR
TORRDU
NCC127-195-042230-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
440 PM EST WED NOV 4 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

   ...NASH COUNTY...WESTERN WILSON COUNTY

AT 440 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE WILSON/NASH
COUNTY LINE BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF SIMS AND MIDDLESEX. THE STORM IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

MODERATE DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND 2 VEHICLES WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF
SELMA AT 430 PM EST.

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.



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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 4, 4:16 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston	44 min
Nov 4, 5:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Scotland	35 min
Nov 4, 5:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore	50 min
Nov 4, 5:41 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Harnett, Lee	49 min
Nov 4, 5:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston	40 min
Nov 4, 6:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland	53 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.