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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 4, 1993Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 9:47 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 1993, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1993, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Duplin County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 1149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILM 050150 RRA
SVRILM
NCC061-050245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
947 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

   ...DUPLIN COUNTY

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO DUPLIN COUNTY NORTH OF FAISON
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.


ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FROM
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM....TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS
PATH. LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS SMALL
TORNADOES.

CORRECT TIME.

CH

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

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:12 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
 909 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

 820 PM      BEAUFORT COUNTY FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF WASHINGTON
             MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF OLD FORD.

 b835 PM      LARGE TREES DOWN PINETOWN BEAUFORT COUNTY

 CH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:26 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS, NC
926 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 1993

TIME           EVENT
1940 EDT       GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 2 MI EAST LEWISTON...BERTIE COUNTY.
               SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER.

2005 EDT       TORNADO SPOTTED ON THE GROUND BETWEEN LEWISTON AND
               WOODVILLE...BERTIE COUNTY.
               SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER.

2010 EDT       NICKLE SIZE HAIL COLUMBIA...TYRRELL CO.

2010 EDT       45 TO 50 MPH WINDS WITH QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
               WILLIAMSTON...MARTIN CO.

2015 EDT       MARBLE SIZE HAIL EDENTON...CHOWAN CO.

2025 EDT       60 MPH WINDS WITH QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
               SOUTH EDENTON...CHOWAN COUNTY.

2030 EDT       POWER LINES KNOCKED DOWN BY TREES. MURFREESBORO
               ...HERTFORD COUNTY.

2035 EDT       4 TO 5 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWNED. SEVEN MILES EAST
               OF WINDSOR...BERTIE COUNTY.

2040 EDT       50 TO 70 MPH WINDS NORTH WINDSOR...BERTIE COUNTY.

2100 EDT       STRONG WINDS 45 TO 50 MPH SWANQUARTER...HYDE COUNTY.

2105 EDT       DIME SIZE HAIL COLUMBIA...TYRRELL COUNTY.

2138 EDT       STRONG WINDS 45 TO 50 MPH DUCK...DARE COUNTY.

2141 EDT       PEAK WIND GUST OF 55 MPH REPORTED CAPE HATTERAS WEATHER
               BUXTON...DARE COUNTY.

JCI

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:45 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

NCZ015-016-017-050245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
945 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN NORTH
CAROLINA INCLUDING BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
UNTIL 11 PM...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

AT 927 PM...A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST NORTH OF
DUPLIN COUNTY IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN.  THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER THE CENTRAL COASTAL
PLAIN.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR AND
SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN DUPLIN AND POSSIBLY INTO NORTHERN ONSLOW
COUNTY BY 1000 PM TONIGHT.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT
RAIN THAT STRETCHED FROM THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT WEST OF RALEIGH EAST
TO THE OUTER BANKS.  THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION
WAS JUST NORTH OF NEW BERN.  THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR.

JH

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:46 PM EDT, 1 minute before

NCZ015-016-017-050245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
945 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN NORTH
CAROLINA INCLUDING BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
UNTIL 11 PM...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

AT 927 PM...A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST NORTH OF
DUPLIN COUNTY IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN.  THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER THE CENTRAL COASTAL
PLAIN.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR AND
SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN DUPLIN AND POSSIBLY INTO NORTHERN ONSLOW
COUNTY BY 1000 PM TONIGHT.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT
RAIN THAT STRETCHED FROM THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT WEST OF RALEIGH EAST
TO THE OUTER BANKS.  THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION
WAS JUST NORTH OF NEW BERN.  THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR.

JH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Beaufort	56 min
Jun 4, 10:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Jones, Onslow	56 min
Jun 5, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Beaufort	69 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	66 min
Jun 5, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Beaufort	56 min
Jun 5, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1993 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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.