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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 30, 1994Warren County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 9:05 PM EDT for Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 1994, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 1994, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Warren County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KRDU 010106
SVRRAH
NCC185-010145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
905 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 900 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WARRENTON IN WARREN COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A HAM RADIO
OPERATOR IN WARRENTON ESTIMATED 50 TO 65 MPH WINDS WITH THIS STORM
SHORTLY BEFORE 9 PM.
 
 
PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN POSE A DANGER WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM.  SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT DAMAGE TO
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
341 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994

...REPORTS DELAYED FROM 6/29/94...

TIME           EVENT
630 PM EDT     LEE COUNTY...TWO TREES REPORTED DOWN BY LEE COUNTY
               SHERIFFS OFFICE.

840 PM EDT     NORTHAMPTON COUNTY...GASTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
               NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BLOCKING HIGHWAY 48 NEAR GASTON.

845 PM EDT     ORANGE COUNTY...ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
               TRANSPORTATION REPORTED TWO TREES DOWN.

KRC

Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
341 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994

...REPORTS DELAYED FROM 6/29/94...

TIME           EVENT
630 PM EDT     LEE COUNTY...TWO TREES REPORTED DOWN BY LEE COUNTY
               SHERIFFS OFFICE.

840 PM EDT     NORTHAMPTON COUNTY...GASTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
               NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BLOCKING HIGHWAY 48 NEAR GASTON.

845 PM EDT     ORANGE COUNTY...ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
          v     TRANSPORTATION REPORTED TWO TREES DOWN.

KRC

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:05 PM EDT, 3 hours before

NCZ007>014-026-302330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
605 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING COUNTIES ALONG THE VIRGINIA
BORDER...

AT 600 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...FROM RICHMOND TO
DANVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING.

STORMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LINE WILL MOVE INTO PERSON...
GRANVILLE...VANCE AND WARREN COUNTIES BY 700 PM. THESE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

THESE STORMS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE WILL LIKELY AFFECT
FRANKLIN...NORTHAMPTON...HALIFAX...HERTFORD AND GATES COUNTIES BETWEEN
700 AND 900 PM.

TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...AND STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JBM

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

NCZ007>014-026-302330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
605 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING COUNTIES ALONG THE VIRGINIA
BORDER...

AT 600 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...FROM RICHMOND TO
DANVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING.

STORMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LINE WILL MOVE INTO PERSON...
GRANVILLE...VANCE AND WARREN COUNTIES BY 700 PM. THESE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

THESE STORMS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE WILL LIKELY AFFECT
FRANKLIN...NORTHAMPTON...HALIFAX...HERTFORD AND GATES COUNTIES BETWEEN
700 AND 900 PM.

TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...AND STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JBM

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:22 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
822 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994

TIME           EVENT
820 PM EDT     VANCE COUNTY...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SKYWARN
               SPOTTER AT KERR LAKE.

KRC

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:23 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
822 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994

TIME           EVENT
820 PM EDT     VANCE COUNTY...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SKYWARN
               SPOTTER AT KERR LAKE.

KRC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville	57 min
Jun 30, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	47 min
Jun 30, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Orange	52 min
Jun 30, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	31 min
Jun 30, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	38 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.