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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 5, 1993Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1993, 7:09 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1993, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1993, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Robeson County, NC

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 5, 5:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:35 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:44 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:45 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

NCZ015-016-017-052345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
635 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR BEAUFORT AND PITT COUNTIES HAVE
EXPIRED...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

AT 630 PM...RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WITH A FEW VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE SANDHILLS...THE
CENTRAL COASTAL PLAINS AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL AREAS. THE
HEAVIEST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF WEST END IN MOORE
COUNTY AND BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND GRIMESLAND IN PITT COUNTY. THESE STORMS
HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN FRANKLIN AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR 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.

LGE

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, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Duplin	58 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, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Beaufort	56 min
Jun 5, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	67 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.