Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1992, 3:55 PM EST for Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1992, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1992, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Iredell County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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, Mar 7, 2:13 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 7, 3:14 PM EST, 41 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 3:30 PM EST, 25 minutes before
VAZ009-008-072030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 330 PM EDT THU FEB 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM IN BEDFORD AND PITTSLYVAINIA COUNTIES... WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ROCKINGHAM TO BOTETOURT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER WESTERN AMHERST COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. OTHER STORMS ARE LOCATED IN WESTERN BEDFORD AND CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. ALTHOUGH NONE HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF YET THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING HAIL. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOSOKOUT FOR THEATENING WEATHER. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND SEE A STORM APPROACHING.. SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL IT PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MEADOWS
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 3:36 PM EST, 19 minutes before
VAZ009-008-072030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 330 PM EDT THU FEB 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM IN BEDFORD AND PITTSLYVAINIA COUNTIES... WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ROCKINGHAM TO BOTETOURT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER WESTERN AMHERST COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. OTHER STORMS ARE LOCATED IN WESTERN BEDFORD AND CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM STORMS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THEY ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE WHO ,LIVE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEATENING WEATHER. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND SEE A STORM APPROACHING.. SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL IT PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MEADOWS
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 3:41 PM EST, 14 minutes before
VAZ009-008-072030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 340 PM EDT THU FEB 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM IN BEDFORD AND PITTSLYVAINIA COUNTIES... WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ROCKINGHAM TO BOTETOURT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER WESTERN AMHERST COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. OTHER STORMS ARE LOCATED IN WESTERN BEDFORD AND CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM STORMS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THEY ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE WHMO LIVE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEATENING WEATHER. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND SEE A STORM APPROACHING.. SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL IT PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MEADOWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davie, Iredell | 68 min |
| Mar 7, 4:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell, Rowan | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davie | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rowan | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 6:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson, Rowan | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 4:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 59 min |
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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.