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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 4, 1993Chatham County, Moore County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 8:43 PM EDT for Chatham County, Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 1993, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1993, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Chatham County, NC, Moore County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 296 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2862 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 050044
TORRDU
NCC037-105-125-050145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
843 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...LEE COUNTY...NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY
 
AT 842 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWESTERN CHATHA,
COUNTY. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. RANDOLPH COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES DOWN FROM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH THIS
STORM EARLIER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IT IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45
MPH.
 
TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. A ROARING TRAIN-LIKE
NOISE MAY BE YOUR ONLY HINT OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO.  GET TO A
STURDY SHELTER NOW...A SMALL MIDDLE ROOM OR CLOSET...AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR WALLS. IF DAMAGE OCCURS...AVOID WALKING AROUND
IN THE DARK.  DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLEN DEBRIS CAN INJURE YOU.
 
 
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:35 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
835 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

ATTN SELS...

712 PM EDT..2312 Z TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN CASWELL COUNTY.

721 PM EDT..2321 Z 3/4 INCH HAIL IN DAVIDSON COUNTY.

736 PM EDT..2336 Z 3/4 INCH HAIL IN DAVIDSON COUNTY NEAR LEXINGTON.

743 PM EDT..2343 Z 3 TREES DOWN IN DAVIE COUNTY.

746 PM EDT..2346 Z POWER LINES DOWN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.

753 PM EDT..2353 Z SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN DAVIDSON COUNTY.

755 PM EDT..2355 Z CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD IN RANDOLPH COUNTY..FUNNEL CLOUD
                   SPOTTED IN THE AREA.
^
805 PM EDT..0005 Z DIME SIZED HAIL IN SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY.

815 PM EDT..0015 Z NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN SOUTHERN ALAMANCE.

825 PM EDT..0025 Z TREES DOWN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY..ASSOCIATED WITH
                   TORNADO.

827 PM EDT..0027 Z TREES DOWN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY EAST OF SEA GROVE
                   NEAR HIGHWAY 42.

GTR

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:36 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
836 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 1993

TIME           EVENT
834 EDT        FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT CAMP TUSKAROARA IN VICINITY
               OF ROUTE 701 IN JOHNSTON COUNTY REPORTED BY JOHNSTON
               COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

837 EDT        QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN WESTERN WAKE COUNTY NEAR STATE
               ROUTE 1010 SOUTH OF APEX. REPORTED BY WAKE COUNTY
               EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

RFG

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:40 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
836 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 1993

TIME           EVENT
834 EDT        FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT CAMP TUSKAROARA IN VICINITY
               OF ROUTE 701 IN JOHNSTON COUNTY REPORTED BY JOHNSTON
               COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

837 EDT        QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN WESTERN WAKE COUNTY NEAR STATE
               ROUTE 1010 SOUTH OF APEX. REPORTED BY WAKE COUNTY
               EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

RFG

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:41 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
841 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 1993

TIME           EVENT
840 EDT        TREES DOWN IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS OF GREENE COUNTY
               OCCURRING WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES.  REPORTED BY
               GREENE COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

840 EDT        FUNNEL CLOUD ON MILLBROOK ROAD AND WAKE FOREST ROAD
               INTERSECTION OF NORTH RALEIGH MOVING NORTHEAST.
               REPORTED BY WAKE COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

RFG

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
835 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

ATTN SELS...

712 PM EDT..2312 Z TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN CASWELL COUNTY.

721 PM EDT..2321 Z 3/4 INCH HAIL IN DAVIDSON COUNTY.

736 PM EDT..2336 Z 3/4 INCH HAIL IN DAVIDSON COUNTY NEAR LEXINGTON.

743 PM EDT..2343 Z 3 TREES DOWN IN DAVIE COUNTY.

746 PM EDT..2346 Z POWER LINES DOWN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.

753 PM EDT..2353 Z SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN DAVIDSON COUNTY.

755 PM EDT..2355 Z CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD IN RANDOLPH COUNTY..FUNNEL CLOUD
                   SPOTTED IN THE AREA.
^
805 PM EDT..0005 Z DIME SIZED HAIL IN SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY.

815 PM EDT..0015 Z NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN SOUTHERN ALAMANCE.

825 PM EDT..0025 Z TREES DOWN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY..ASSOCIATED WITH
                   TORNADO.

827 PM EDT..0027 Z TREES DOWN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY EAST OF SEA GROVE
                   NEAR HIGHWAY 42.

GTR

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
841 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 1993

TIME           EVENT
840 EDT        TREES DOWN IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS OF GREENE COUNTY
               OCCURRING WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES.  REPORTED BY
               GREENE COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

840 EDT        FUNNEL CLOUD ON MILLBROOK ROAD AND WAKE FOREST ROAD
               INTERSECTION OF NORTH RALEIGH MOVING NORTHEAST.
               REPORTED BY WAKE COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

RFG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	58 min
Jun 4, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	56 min
Jun 4, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Greene, Wayne	68 min
Jun 4, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Orange	49 min
Jun 4, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	55 min
Jun 4, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lee	55 min
Jun 4, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lenoir	61 min
Jun 4, 8:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Lee	55 min
Jun 4, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	67 min
Jun 4, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	47 min
Jun 4, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	68 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	45 min
Jun 5, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	45 min
Jun 5, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville	53 min
Jun 5, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	32 min
Jun 5, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Greene	52 min
Jun 5, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	45 min
Jun 5, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	63 min
Jun 5, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore	58 min
Jun 5, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	63 min
Jun 5, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	37 min
Jun 5, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke	45 min
Jun 5, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Greene	37 min
Jun 5, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	59 min
Jun 5, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Scotland	30 min
Jun 5, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Scotland	41 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.