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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 4, 1993Franklin County, Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 7:48 PM EDT for Franklin County, Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 1993, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1993, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, NC, Nash County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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-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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 042348
TORRDU
NCC069-127-050030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
748 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN NASH COUNTY
 
BETWEEN 725 AND 740 PM THERE WERE THREE REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC OF A
TORNADO IN FRANKLINTON...LOUISBURG...AND BUNN IN SOUTHERN FRANKLIN
COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 50 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, 7:33 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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

TIME           EVENT
730 EDT        FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR INTERSECTION OF I-40 AND HARRISON AVE.
               IN CARY MOVIxNG EAST SOUTHEAST REPORTED BY SECURITY OFFICIAL.

RFG

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:38 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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

TIME           EVENT
737 EDT        DIME SIZED HAIL 4 MILES NORTH OF GOLD ROCK IN NASH COUNTY.
               REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN SPOTTER.

RFG

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:38 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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

TIME           EVENT
732 EDT        50 TO 60 MPH WIND IN ROCKY MOUNT.  TREES DOWN IN SEVERAL
               LOCATIONS.  |REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN SPOTTER.

RFG

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:39 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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

TIME           EVENT
737 EDT        DIME SIZED HAIL 4 MILES NORTH OF GOLD ROCK IN NASH COUNTY.
               REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN SPOTTER.

RFG

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:45 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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

TIME           EVENT
742 EDT        FRNAKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS TORNADOES
               HAVING OCCURRED IN LAST 15 MINUTES IN THE COMMUNITIES OF
               LOUISBURG...BUNN...AND FRANKLINTON.
RFG

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:46 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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

TIME           EVENT
650 EDT        GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN ROANOKE RAPIDS OF HALIFAX
               COUNTY.  REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN SPOTTERS.

656 EDT        DIME TO QUARTER-SIZED HAIL IN OXFORD OF GRANVILLE COUNTY
               REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO SKYWARN SPOTTERS.

RFG

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, 7:11 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, 7:50 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.