Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 1994, 2:33 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1994, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Onslow County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILM 041834 TORILM NCC133-041915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 233 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...ONSLOW COUNTY AT 230 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF RICHLANDS. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN RICHLANDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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 BUILDINGd OR A DITCH.
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, Aug 4, 12:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Craven | 42 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1994Every tornado warning in 1994Tornadoes in 1994
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.