Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 1992, 11:11 PM EST for Davidson County, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1992, 11:11 PM EST (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 1992, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Davidson County, NC, Forsyth County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGSO 110411
TORGSO
NCC067-057-110500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1111 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
FORSYTH...DAVIDSON
AT 1109 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTHEAST OF
MOCKSVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
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. WHEN IT IS SAFE..AESK YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFOREMENT
AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
GTRWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 10, 8:48 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
VAZ008-009-013-014-015-016-110500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 845 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...WINTER RETURNING TONIGHT FOR THE ROANOKE VALLEY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES... ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THOSE VIRGINIA COUNTIES NORTH AND WEST OF ROANOKE OVERNIGHT... ...LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTES A NEARLY SOLID BAND OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NEW RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM HILLSVILLE IN CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY NORTH ACROSS RADFORD AND ON NORTH INTO WEST VIRGINIA...NEAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WILLIS IN SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY... AND JUST NORTH OF NEWPORT IN GILES COUNTY. . THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE BAND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE ROANOKE VALLEY BY 915 PM. TO THE WEST OF THIS ACTIVITY...A STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES ITS TRANSIT THROUGH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THE FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE BRISTOL AREA AROUND 700 PM. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY BY 1000 PM. ALONG WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SPRING TO WINTER WEATHER EPISODE. CACCIAPAGLIA
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 11:04 PM EST, 7 minutes before
VAZ008-009-013-014-015-016-110700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 1100 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THOSE VIRGINIA COUNTIES NORTH AND WEST OF ROANOKE OVERNIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THE WATCH AREA CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. AMHERST...APPOMATTOX...CAMPBELL...HALIFAX...BEDFORD...FRANKLIN... PITTSYLVAINIA... AND HENRY. THE INDEPEDENT CITIES OF BEDFORD...DANVILLE ...LYNCHBURG...MARTINSVILLE AND SOUTH BOSTON. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS DETECTED ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS FROM NEAR BUENA VISTA SOUTH TO WESTERN HENRY COUNTY. AS THE LINE OF STORMS CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO THE PIEDMONT...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS TORNADOES MAY BE SPAWNED BY THE STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE WATCH AREA. REPEAT...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 400 AM EST. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CACCIAPAGLIA
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, 10:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davie, Rowan | 43 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 |
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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.