Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1993, 4:54 PM EDT for Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pamlico County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILM 042153 RRA SVRILM NCC137-042200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 454 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...PAMLICO COUNTY AT 450 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BAYBORO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR 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.
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, Jul 4, 4:45 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
NCZ015-016-017-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RADAR SUMMARY AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 445 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 425 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF GREENVILLE TO JUST WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF NEW BERN...JUST WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE AND JUST OFF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH. REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS. MARINERS BOATING ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OR PAMLICO SOUND SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING SO PERSONS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY BEFORE GOING TO FIREWORKS DISPLAYS. ONCE THE SUN SETS THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN BUT COULD LINGER UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. NS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:45 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
NCZ015-016-017-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RADAR SUMMARY AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 445 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 425 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF GREENVILLE TO JUST WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF NEW BERN...JUST WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE AND JUST OFF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH. REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS. MARINERS BOATING ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OR PAMLICO SOUND SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING SO PERSONS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY BEFORE GOING TO FIREWORKS DISPLAYS. ONCE THE SUN SETS THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN BUT COULD LINGER UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. NS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1993Every 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.