Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1993, 7:19 PM EDT for New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County New Hanover County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
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, Jul 4, 4:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 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, 2 hours 34 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
Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pamlico | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.