Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1994, 9:28 AM EDT for New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 9:28 AM EDT (13:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County New Hanover County, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILM 291329 TORILM NCC129-NCZ501-291415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 928 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY AT 928 AM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY. PEOPLE SOUTH OF MASONBORO INLET SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE TORNADIC CONDITIONS AS THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST. 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. LGE
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, Jun 29, 5:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
NCZ047-103-081-104-501-502-291215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 618 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 AT 610 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SWANQUARTER TO PORTSMOUTH ISLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. PERSONS IN MAINLAND HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THOSE ALONG SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THE STORMS APPROACH YOU AREA. MARINERS ON THE PAMLICO SOUND AND COASTAL WATERS SOUTH` OF OREGON INLET SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...PREPARE FOR HIGH WINDS...ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
NCZ047-103-081-104-501-502-291215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 618 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 AT 610 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SWANQUARTER TO PORTSMOUTH ISLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. PERSONS IN MAINLAND HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THOSE ALONG SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. MARINERS ON THE PAMLICO SOUND AND COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF OREGON INLET SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...PREPARE FOR HIGH WINDS...ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
NCZ047-103-081-104-501-502-017-016-015-014-013-031-032-291145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 645 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 AT 635 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN HERTFORD AND GATES COUNTIES NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS ALSO IN BERTIE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...AND IN THE PAMLICO SOUND BETWEEN OCRACOKE AND SWANQUARTER. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS NEAR THE SOUNDS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. MARINERS ON THE PAMLICO SOUND AND COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF OREGON INLET SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...PREPARE FOR HIGH WINDS...ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:55 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
NCZ080-087-089-090-092>099-100-101-291445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 855 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THIS MORNING...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS HAD FORMED ALONG THE BEACHES OF OAK ISLAND IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY AND STRETCHED EAST ACROSS CAPE FEAR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TO NEAR CAPE LOOKOUT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ALONG THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY COAST SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS WHICH CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. BOATERS SHOULD STAY IN HARBOR UNTIL THESE STORMS MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. IF YOU ARE ALREADY ON THE WATER AND A STORM MOVES IN...BE PREPARED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LGE ":@ NMC OPERATI WASHINGTON 1030 UTC JUN 29_66WWUS J>0WUUS. p9`WWUS iXWUUS& (dbWWIN SA 1007 AUTO4 04/005/- 70 0600 UTVING25 KINDSXWOUS,B M=HWWJP 0o6WWUS4 4T LO 57N 45W~>6WWUS x 20 TO 30 KTm6WWUS dlWWUSv H6WWUS~
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:55 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
NCZ080-087-089-090-092>099-100-101-291445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 855 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THIS MORNING...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS HAD FORMED ALONG THE BEACHES OF OAK ISLAND IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY AND STRETCHED EAST ACROSS CAPE FEAR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TO NEAR CAPE LOOKOUT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ALONG THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY COAST SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS WHICH CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. BOATERS SHOULD STAY IN HARBOR UNTIL THESE STORMS MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. IF YOU ARE ALREADY ON THE WATER AND A STORM MOVES IN...BE PREPARED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LGE ":@ NMC OPERATI WASHINGTON 1030 UTC JUN 29_66WWUS J>0WUUS. p9`WWUS iXWUUS& (dbWWIN SA 1007 AUTO4 04/005/- 70 0600 UTVING25 KINDSXWOUS,B M=HWWJP 0o6WWUS4 4T LO 57N 45W~>6WWUS x 20 TO 30 KTm6WWUS dlWWUSv H6WWUS~
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 10:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Sampson | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 56 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.