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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 15, 1993Washington County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 1993, 3:43 PM EDT for Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 1993, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1993, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1993-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 1993-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHAT 151952 RRA
TORHAT
NCC187-NCZ502-152045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
343 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CAPE HATTERAS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
  AND FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS AROUND
 
  ...EASTERN ALBEMARLE SOUND
 
WEATHER SEARCH RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN
END OF THE ALBEMARLE SOUND...SOUTH OF CHOWAN COUNTY. THIS STORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WHICH WHEN THEY CROSS OVER LAND THEY
BECOME TORNADOS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AND WILL
APPROACH AND MOVE OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
 
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.x..DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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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.