Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1994, 5:22 PM EDT for Franklin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1994, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 798 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 212123 SVRRAH NCC069-212230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 522 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 520 WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE VANCE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BORDER ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISBURG. THE STORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND IN ADDITION TO THE WIND AND HAIL...SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. 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. OAD, ILL-DEFINED SYSTEM WITH SEVERAL POSSIBLE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTERS. THE WHOLE SYSTEM HAS BEEN MOVING STEADILY TOWARDS THE WEST-NORTHWEST. TD 06W IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A WEAK TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT TRACKS TOWARDS THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, WHERE LAND INTERACTION NEAR THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD SHOULD BEGIN TO DISRUPT THE LOW-LEVEL INFLOW. NEXT WARNINGS AT 220900Z3 (DTG 220751Z7) AND 222100Z7 (DTG 221951Z0). BT #7397
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, Jun 21, 3:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
NCZ003>006-019>023-035>039-057-212045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 347 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 340 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CASWELL COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE TRIAD TO DAVIE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER REIDSVILLE IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...AND OVER THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM IN FORSYTH COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY OCCURING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. ALL PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF TfHREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:45 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
NCZ003>006-019>023-035>039-057-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 445 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 440 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL GUILFORD COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENSBORO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY OCCURING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. ALL PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:46 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
NCZ003>006-019>023-035>039-057-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 445 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 440 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL GUILFORD COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENSBORO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY OCCURING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. ALL PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:49 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
NCZ003>006-019>023-035>039-057-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 445 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 440 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL GUILFORD COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENSBORO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY OCCURING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. ALL PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSN
Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:20 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
520 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994
TIME EVENT
500 PM EDT 2 TREES DOWN IN DURHAM - DURHAM COUNTY. ONE BLOCKING
TRAFFIC ON A ROAD... THE OTHER KNOCKING DOWN POWER
LINES.
MLMLocal storm report, Jun 21, 5:21 PM EDT, 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
520 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994
TIME EVENT
500 PM EDT 2 TREES DOWN IN DURHAM - DURHAM COUNTY. ONE BLOCKING
TRAFFIC ON A ROAD... THE OTHER KNOCKING DOWN POWER
LINES.
MLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.