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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 27, 1993Surry County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1993, 4:26 PM EST for Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1993, 4:26 PM EST (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1993, 5:15 PM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Surry County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1993-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1993-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 348 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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