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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 11, 1994Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1994, 5:40 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1994, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Onslow County, NC

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NCZ080-087-089-090-092>099-100-101-112145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
350 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994

THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE SANDHILLS...THE COASTAL PLAINS AND THE COASTAL AREAS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT IN RICHMOND COUNTY.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE SANDHILLS
AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAINS MOSTLY IN HOKE...SAMPSON AND
JOHNSTON COUNTIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE OVER THE
CENTRAL COASTAL AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTHERN END
OF THE PAMLICO SOUND. THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT
10 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. BE ON THE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF NECESSARY.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE 90S...HEAT INDEXES CONTINUE IN THE
100 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE. IF OUTSIDE DRINK PLENT OF LIQUIDS ESPECIALLY
WATER AND FRUIT JUICES. TRY NOT TO OVER EXERT YOURSELF...THIS IS A
DANGEROUS SITUATION.

CH
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NCZ080-087-089-090-092>099-100-101-112145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
350 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994

THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE SANDHILLS...THE COASTAL PLAINS AND THE COASTAL AREAS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT IN RICHMOND COUNTY.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE SANDHILLS
AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAINS MOSTLY IN HOKE...SAMPSON AND
JOHNSTON COUNTIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE OVER THE
CENTRAL COASTAL AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTHERN END
OF THE PAMLICO SOUND. THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT
10 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. BE ON THE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF NECESSARY.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE 90S...HEAT INDEXES CONTINUE IN THE
100 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE. IF OUTSIDE DRINK PLENT OF LIQUIDS ESPECIALLY
WATER AND FRUIT JUICES. TRY NOT TO OVER EXERT YOURSELF...THIS IS A
DANGEROUS SITUATION.

CH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningILMCraven37 min
Jul 11, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMCarteret, Craven54 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.