Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 1993, 10:55 PM EST for Alamance County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 10:55 PM EST (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 11:35 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Alamance County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGSO 010356 TORGSO NCC001-010445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1055 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...ALAMANCE COUNTY AT 1055 PM RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH. RBN
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
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 6:08 PM EST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
VAZ008-009-013-014-015-016-010600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 600 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY.. AND WESTCENTRAL HIGHLANDS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS. LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WILL SPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED AND THE STREAMS AND CREEKS ABOVE NORMAL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING. PEOPLE ALONG SMALL STREAMS CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. CG
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 9:10 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
VAZ008-009-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 910 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT... AT 9 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARTINSVILLE IN HENRY COUNTY VIRGINIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. CG
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 9:18 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
VAZ008-009-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 910 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT... AT 9 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARTINSVILLE IN HENRY COUNTY VIRGINIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. CG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Forsyth, Stokes, Yadkin | 63 min |
| Apr 1, 3:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rowan | 28 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.