Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1993, 8:45 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1993, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1993, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bladen County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILM 060046 SVRILM NCC017-060145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 845 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...BLADEN COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF LUMBERTON WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO BLADEN COUNTY IN A FEW MINUTES. 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 COVER2 IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH. LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS SMALL TORNADOES.
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, 6:45 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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
Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 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
LGELocal storm report, Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 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
LGELocal storm report, Jun 5, 8:03 PM EDT, 42 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, 42 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, 8:33 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS, NC
926 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 1993
TIME EVENT
1825 EDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT PLYMOUTH/WASHINGTON COUNTY/RPTED
BY PUBLIC
1851 EDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN MARTIN COUNTY AT SEVERAL
LOCATION. RPTD BY SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER AND HAM RADIO
1851 EDT DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL TYRRELL COUNTY- HAM RADIO AND
SHERIFF
1857 EDT DIME-QUARTER SIZE HAIL CURRITUCK COUNTY. SEVERE WEA
SPOTTER.
1900 EDT DIME SIZE HAIL-W OF ROCKY MOUNT IN NASH COUNTY. HAM RADIO
1915 EDT TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL IN PLYMOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY
IN THE PAST HOUR. RPTD BY RADIO STATION.
.
1916 EDT PEA AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL CURRITUCK COUNTY. RPTD
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
1918 EDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN WILLIAMSTON IN MARTIN COUNTY.
RPTD BY RADIO STATION
LEINThe 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, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 61 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.