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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 27, 1994Washington County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 12:52 PM EDT for Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1994, 12:52 PM EDT (16:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1994, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Hatteras, NC at 12:00Z on 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1626 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Hatteras, NC at 12:00Z on 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
21.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHAT 271652 RRA
SVRHAT
NCC187-271745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
1252 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CAPE HATTERAS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT IS NOW OVER MARTIN COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY SHORTLY...THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...ACT NOW.
 
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBertie, Martin52 min
Jun 27, 9:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXWashington35 min
Jun 27, 10:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPerquimans54 min
Jun 27, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCurrituck45 min
Jun 27, 11:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCamden44 min
Jun 27, 11:30 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin45 min
Jun 27, 11:39 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXTyrrell36 min
Jun 27, 11:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXHertford51 min
Jun 27, 12:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCamden, Pasquotank53 min
Jun 27, 12:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXChowan, Perquimans53 min
Jun 27, 12:42 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin48 min
Jun 27, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXChowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans47 min
Jun 27, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCamden, Currituck47 min
Jun 27, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank54 min
Jun 27, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXTyrrell54 min
Jun 27, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare36 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.