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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 10, 1992Davie County, Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 1992, 10:47 PM EST for Davie County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 10, 1992, 10:47 PM EST (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 1992, 11:30 PM EST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Davie County, NC, Rowan County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 10, 10:55 PM EST	Hail 1.25	Davie, 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 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 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 KGSO 110347
TORGSO
NCC059-159-110430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1047 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
      DAVIE...ROWAN

AT 1045 PM RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO EAST OF STATESVILLE
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER STORMS WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS..PILLOWS..
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES FOR STRONGER STRUCTURES.

 IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
 IMMEDIATELY. F WHEN IT IS SAFE..ASK YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFOREMENT
 AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL
 WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

 ELJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 10:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Iredell	38 min
Mar 10, 10:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Iredell	31 min
Mar 10, 11:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Davidson, Forsyth	49 min
Mar 10, 11:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes	33 min
Mar 10, 11:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Randolph	46 min
Mar 10, 11:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Guilford	36 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.