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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 4, 1993Bertie County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 8:08 PM EDT for Bertie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Bertie County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1149 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHAT 050009
TORHAT
NCC015-050115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
808 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CAPE HATTERAS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BERTIE COUNTY
 
AT 805 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ON THE GROUND IN BERTIE COUNTY
BETWEEN LEWISTON AND WOODVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20
MPH.
 
 
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.
 
TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN...LOW
CLOUDS...AND TREES. TAKE COVER IN A CLOSET OR BASEMENT NOW!
ABANDON AUTOMOBILES FOR SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...CULVERT
...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
IF THERE ISNT TIME TO GET INTO A SHELTER...TAKE REFUGE IN A
CULVERT...DITCH OR LOWf SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGates47 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBertie, Martin, Washington57 min
Jun 5, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCurrituck59 min
Jun 5, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXMartin69 min
Jun 5, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXTyrrell, Washington69 min
Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXHyde51 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.