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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 4, 1992Harnett County, Lee County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 4, 1992, 5:41 PM EST for Harnett County, Lee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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: Nov 4, 1992, 5:41 PM EST (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Nov 4, 1992, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Harnett County, NC, Lee County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 4, 5:55 PM EST	Tornado F1	Harnett, 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 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.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 042243
TORRDU
NCC105-085-042330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
541 PM EST WED NOV 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...LEE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...HARNETT COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM EST POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
FORT BRAGG MILITARY RESERVATION IN NORTHERN HOKE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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.
 
 
 
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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, 4:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Nash, Wilson	50 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, 5:50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.