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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 5, 1993Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1993, 8:14 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1993, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1993, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Robeson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 3843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 10.8

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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

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 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

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
737 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993

725 PM       ROBESON COUNTY...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH SOUTH OF RED SPRINGS

730 PM       BEAUFORT COUNTY...LARGE HAIL...1 TO 2 INCH DIAMETER...AND
                               GUSTY WINDS AT BAYVIEW FERRY TERMINAL

735 PM       ROBESON COUNTY...ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH HAIL AT PARKTON

LGE

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
737 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993

725 PM       ROBESON COUNTY...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH SOUTH OF RED SPRINGS

730 PM       BEAUFORT COUNTY...LARGE HAIL...1 TO 2 INCH DIAMETER...AND
                               GUSTY WINDS AT BAYVIEW FERRY TERMINAL

735 PM       ROBESON COUNTY...ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH HAIL AT PARKTON

LGE

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:03 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
803 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993

745 PM       BEAUFORT COUNTY...HAIL COVERS GROUND IN PINETOWN

755 PM       ROBESON COUNTY...QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN SAINT PAUL

800 PM       BLADEN COUNTY...ONE INCH HAIL IN TAR HEEL

LGE

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:03 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
803 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993

745 PM       BEAUFORT COUNTY...HAIL COVERS GROUND IN PINETOWN

755 PM       ROBESON COUNTY...QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN SAINT PAUL

800 PM       BLADEN COUNTY...ONE INCH HAIL IN TAR HEEL

LGE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pamlico	66 min
Jun 5, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.