Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 7:02 PM EDT for Franklin County, Granville County, Vance County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Vance County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1204 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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, Jun 4, 5:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NCZ003-005-042215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 514 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEADING TOWARD THE KERR LAKE AND LAKE GASTON AREA... AT 513 PM RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN HALIFAX AND SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS PRODUCED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH AS THEY PASSED OVER THE VOLENS VIRGINIA RADAR SITE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WERE HEADING TOWARD THE KERR LAKE AND LAKE GASTON AREAS OF NORTH CAROLINA. IF THE STORMS CONTINUE TO REMAIN AS INTENSE...WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED. IN THE MEANTIME...BOATERS ON KERR LAKE AND LAKE GASTON SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. ^ GAF
Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
ATTN SELS...
555 PM EDT..2155 Z UNCONFIRMED TORNADO..SPOTTER SAW TREE DAMAGE AND
HEARD ROADING NOISE..BUT HAD NO VISUAL IDENTIFICATION. FOR NOW WE
WILL CALL STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BUT WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.
557 PM EDT..2157 Z 10 TO 12 TREES DOWN WESTERN SURRY COUNTY.
RBNLocal storm report, Jun 4, 6:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
ATTN SELS...
555 PM EDT..2155 Z UNCONFIRMED TORNADO..SPOTTER SAW TREE DAMAGE AND
HEARD ROADING NOISE..BUT HAD NO VIS
UAL IDENTIFICATION. FOR NOW WE
WILL CALL STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BUT WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.
557 PM EDT..2157 Z 10 TO 12 TREES DOWN WESTERN SURRY COUNTY.
RBNLocal storm report, Jun 4, 6:39 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
638 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
ATTN SELS...
625 PM EDT..2225 Z IREDELL COUNTY AUTHORITIES REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL.
635 PM EDT..2235 Z CASWELL COUNTY AUTH>ORITIES REPORTED SEVERAL TREES
DOWN.
GTRLocal storm report, Jun 4, 6:54 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
654 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
ATTN SELS...
638 PM EDT..2238 Z DAVIE COUNTY AUTHORITIES REPORTED 3 AND A HALF INCH
HAIL.
GTR
ORITIES REPORTED SEVERAL TREES
DOWN.
GTRLocal storm report, Jun 4, 6:54 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
654 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
ATTN SELS...
638 PM EDT..2238 Z DAVIE COUNTY AUTHORITIES REPORTED 3 AND A HALF INCH
HAIL.
GTR
ORITIES REPORTED SEVERAL TREES
DOWN.
GTRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Northampton | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wake | 67 min |
| Jun 4, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wilson | 55 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.