Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1994, 2:46 PM EST for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 1994, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1994, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cumberland County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 690 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1018 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRDU 021946 SVRRAH NCC051-022030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 246 PM EST WED MAR 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AT 240 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN BY RADAR THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 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.
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
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 10:22 AM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
NCZALL-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 1025 AM EST WED MAR 2 1994 NORTH CAROLINA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA INTO EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL PUSH FROM THE COAST INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND IT MAY TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. A STORM WARNING...GALE WARNING AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ON THE COAST. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS STRONG LATE W@INTER STORM. JBP
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 10:25 AM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
NCZALL-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 1025 AM EST WED MAR 2 1994 NORTH CAROLINA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA INTO EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL PUSH FROM THE COAST INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND IT MAY TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. A STORM WARNING...GALE WARNING AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ON THE COAST. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS STRONG LATE WINTER STORM. JBP
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 11:00 AM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
NCZ002>006-019>023-035>039-057-021800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1100 AM EST WED MAR 2 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT... NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1045 AM...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. RAIN WAS FREEZING ON SOME NON PAVED SURFACES IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND IN STOKES AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. SCATTERED REPORTS OF RISING CREEKS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOCATIONS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AREAS THAT TYPICALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM AROUND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. BECAUSE MOST OF THE RAIN IN THE REGION IS LIGHT FOR NOW...ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING SHOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUR IN THESE TYPICALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVIER RAIN MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. THUS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK...RIVER...OR ANY FLOOD PRONE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING...AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...BE ALERT FOR RISING CREEKS THAT MAY COVER SOME LOW LYING ROADS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER THAT IS RUNNING ACROSS A ROAD. ALSO...GUSTY WINDS HAVE BLOWN TREES DOWN ON ROADS AT SCATTERED LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...SO DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR TREES OR TREE LIMBS BLOCKING ROADS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SR
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 11:05 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
NCZ002>006-019>023-035>039-057-021800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1100 AM EST WED MAR 2 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT... NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1045 AM...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. RAIN WAS FREEZING ON SOME NON PAVED SURFACES IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND IN STOKES AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. SCATTERED REPORTS OF RISING CREEKS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOCATIONS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AREAS THAT TYPICALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM AROUND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. BECAUSE MOST OF THE RAIN IN THE REGION IS LIGHT FOR NOW...ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING SHOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUR IN THESE TYPICALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVIER RAIN MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. THUS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK...RIVER...OR ANY FLOOD PRONE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING...AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...BE ALERT FOR RISING CREEKS THAT MAY COVER SOME LOW LYING ROADS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER THAT IS RUNNING ACROSS A ROAD. ALSO...GUSTY WINDS HAVE BLOWN TREES DOWN ON ROADS AT SCATTERED LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...SO DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR TREES OR TREE LIMBS BLOCKING ROADS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SR
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.