Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 7:11 PM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Halifax County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 042311 TORRDU NCC083-042345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 711 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY AT 710 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF ENFIELD. TREE TOPS WERE BLOWN OFF WITH A FREIGHT TRAIN LIKE NOISE IN THE LITTLETON AREA AT AROUND 7 PM. PEOPLE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET. COVER YOURB HEAD. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES AND INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. &
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, 6:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 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 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, 32 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, 17 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, 17 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, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 minute before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 710 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ATTN SELS... 705 PM EDT..2305 Z IRDELL COUNTY AUTHORITIES REPORTED BASEBALL SIZED HAIL. GTR
Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 710 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ATTN SELS... 705 PM EDT..2305 Z IRDELL COUNTY AUTHORITIES REPORTED BASEBALL SIZED HAIL. GTR
The 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, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 58 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.