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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 29, 1994Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Robeson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 180 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 29, 11:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
NCZ013-030-029-014-501-292230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
430 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PITT COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM EDT...

AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM JUST WEST OF
DUCK ON THE OUTER BANKS TO 25 MILES EAST OF FAYETTEVILLE.
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE SOME SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE
URBAN STREET FLOODING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURING...PEOPLE
SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DONT
USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AND LISTEN
TO COMMERCIAL RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

END/AP/PC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 9:15 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick60 min
Jun 29, 9:28 AM EDTTornado WarningILMNew Hanover47 min
Jun 29, 10:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick, New Hanover54 min
Jun 29, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Sampson56 min
Jun 29, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus68 min
Jun 29, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Robeson56 min

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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.