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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA

November 23, 1992Davidson County, Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 1992, 12:51 AM EST for Davidson County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 23, 1992, 12:51 AM EST (05:51 UTC)
Expired: Nov 23, 1992, 1:45 AM EST
In force: 54 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
Nov 23, 1:20 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	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 00:00Z, 5.9 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.

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: 576 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 4.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGSO 230551
TORGSO
NCC159-057-230645-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1251 AM EST MON NOV 23 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
      EASTERN ROWAN...DAVIDSON

AT 1250 AM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS OVER SOUTHEAST ROWAN COUNTY
MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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

 RBN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 22, 9:26 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany	3 hr
Nov 22, 10:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Iredell	25 min
Nov 22, 11:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Davie, Rowan	31 min
Nov 22, 11:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Forsyth, Yadkin	45 min
Nov 22, 11:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Davidson	32 min
Nov 23, 12:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes	56 min
Nov 23, 12:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	68 min
Nov 23, 1:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alamance	35 min
Nov 23, 1:58 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alamance, Caswell	47 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.