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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 27, 1994Gates County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 7:24 PM EST for Gates County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 7:24 PM EST (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 8:00 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Gates County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 00:00Z on 1994-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 698 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 00:00Z on 1994-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLT 280024
TORCLT
NCC073-280100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
724 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EST
FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...STANLY COUNTY
 
AT 720 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IN EASTERN
CABARRUS COUNTY MOVING INTO NORTHERN STANLY COUNTY TOWARD RICHFIELD...
NEW LONDON... AND ALBERMARLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
 
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. GET TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. GET OUT
OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOU...DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO WALK AROUND IN THE DARK. THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES
AND OTHER HAZARDS THAT CANNOT BE SEEN.
 
GK

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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.