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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 14, 1993Kent County, Delaware

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1993, 4:56 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1993, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Kent County, DE

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1993-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1993-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILG 142106 COR
TORILG
DEC001-142200-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
456 PM EDT WED JUL 14 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL DELAWARE

   ...CENTRAL KENT COUNTY

...TORNADO REPORTED IN KENT COUNTY...

AN AMBULANCE CREW REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO SIGHTING NORTH OF CAMDEN
NEAR WYOMING AND SOUTH OF DOVER AT 440 EDT THIS AFTERNOON.  STATE
POLICE REPORTED THE SIGHTING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

TOWNSEND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMSussex59 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.