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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 20, 1993Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 1993, 5:33 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 1993, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1993, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Carteret County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Cape Hatteras, NC at 12:00Z on 1993-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1474 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, Cape Hatteras, NC at 12:00Z on 1993-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
1474 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILM 202139
TORILM
NCC031-202245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
533 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CARTERET COUNTY
 
AT 533 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN CARTERET
COUNTY NEAR NEWPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MILES PER
HOUR. THE STORM IS HEADED TOWARD THE COMMUNITIES OF NEWPORT...
MOREHEAD CITY AND ATLANTIC BEACH.
 
 
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE <CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A
DITCH.
 
LGE

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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.