Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1992, 6:48 PM EST for Davidson County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 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
- Mar 7, 1992, 6:48 PM EST (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1992, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Davidson County, NC, Rowan County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:05 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Rowan, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGSO 072348
SVRGSO
NCC159-057-080045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
648 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN ROWAN...DAVIDSON
AT 645 PM RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ROWAN COUNTY
NEAR SALISBURY AND NEAR GOLD HILL IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF
THE COUNTY. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY. WHEN IT IS SAFE..ASK YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
ELhJTIALS OF THE ISSUERWhat 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, 3:41 PM EST, 3 hours 7 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
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:18 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
VAZ009-008-072120 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 420 PM EDT THU FEB 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM IN BEDFORD AND PITTSLYVAINIA COUNTIES... WEATHER RADAR SHOWS CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROCKINGHAM TO FRANKLIN COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE STORMS DROPPED ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL TWO MILES SOUTH OF CHAMBLISSBURG IN WESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY AROUND 4 PM. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. THESE STORMS 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 APPROACHING5.. SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL IT PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MEADOWS
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:18 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
VAZ008-009-013-014-015-016-072215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 418 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 7PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIGINIA FROM PITTSYLVANNIA...BEDFORD...BOTETOURT AND BATH COUNTIES EXTENDING WESTWARD THROUGH THE ROANOKE AND NEW RIVER VALLEYS. AT 400 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA FROM THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...SOUTHWARD THROUGH BOTETOURT AND BEDFORD COUNTIES...INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. A STRONG STORM WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHERN BOTETOURT COUNTY NEAR EAGLE ROCK. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY TO THE WEST OF ROCKY MOUNT. WITH ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT...THIS STORM WILL REACH ROCKY MOUNT BY 500 PM. OTHER SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER CRAIG...GILES AND PULASKI COUNTIES...BUT NOTHING HEAVY. ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY NEAR CHAMBLISSBURG DURING THE PAST HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS YET OF ANY DAMAGING WINDS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE TO SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WETHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. JACKSON
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 5:59 PM EST, 49 minutes before
VAZ008-009-013-014-015-016-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 556 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR SOUTHWEST AND W
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:00 PM EST, 48 minutes before
VAZ008-009-013-014-015-016-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 556 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 545 PM RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM ONE OF THESE STORMS AT ABOUT 535 AS IT PASSED OVER ROACKY MOUNT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER BEDFORD...PITTSLYVANNIA AND AMHERST COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR NORTHERN HALIFAX AND NORTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANNIA COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE LYNCHBURG WEATHER OFFICE. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND MAY HAVE STORNG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...UNTIL 11 PM. JACKSON c
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:06 PM EST, 42 minutes before
VAZ008-009-013-014-015-016-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 605 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 545 PM RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM ONE OF THESE STORMS AT ABOUT 535 AS IT PASSED OVER ROACKY MOUNT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER BEDFORD...PITTSLYVANNIA AND AMHERST COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR NORTHERN HALIFAX AND NORTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANNIA COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE LYNCHBURG WEATHER OFFICE. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND MAY HAVE STORNG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...UNTIL 11 PM. JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell | 65 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.