Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1994, 6:49 PM EDT for Craven County, Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1994, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Craven County, NC, Pamlico County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILM 282249 TORILM NCC049-137-282330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 649 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN CRAVEN COUNTY...WESTERN PAMLICO COUNTY AT 645 PM EDT THE CRAVEN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF NEW BERN. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS THE NEUSE RIVER INTO PAMILCO COUNTY BETWEEN 7 AND 715 PM. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A vBASEMENT...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. SQI &
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, Jul 28, 2:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
NCZ080-087-089-090-092>101-281935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 232 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ONSLOW COUNTY... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 225 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
NCZ080-087-089-090-092>101-281935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 232 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ONSLOW COUNTY... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 225 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. ST6AY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
NCZ080-087-089-090-092>101-282025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 323 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CRAVEN AND ONSLOW COUNTIES... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 315 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR VANCEBORO TO THE WEST OF NEW BERN AND TO TOPSAIL BEACH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN VANCEBORO AND NEW BERN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 3 TO 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Craven, Pamlico | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow | 50 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.