Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1994, 1:33 PM EDT for Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1994, 1:33 PM EDT (17:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1994, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Craven County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 2554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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, Aug 4, 12:50 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
NCZ092-093-094-095-098-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1250 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER THE CENTRAL COASTAL AREA OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE FROM WEST OF JACKSONVILLE TO NEW BERN AND ACROSS THE PAMLICO SOUND. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE EVASIVE ACTIONS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR. MOTORISTS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO BE ALERT FOR PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. CH
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 12:52 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
NCZ081-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 1252 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 AT 1230 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HYDE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE THE NECSSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 12:55 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
NCZ081-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 1252 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 AT 1230 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HYDE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE THE NECSSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Beaufort | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Jones, Onslow | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Onslow | 42 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.