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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 27, 1994Franklin County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 5:38 PM EST for Franklin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 5:38 PM EST (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 6:15 PM EST
In force
37 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, 10.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 542 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
542 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
777 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 
TTAA00 KCLT 272238
TORCLT
NCC069-272315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
538 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EST
FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 535 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF LINCOLNTON
TOWARD IRON STATION.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
EVERYONE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIFE. THE BEST PLACE TO BE IS IN BASEMENT.
IF THERE IS NONE AVAILAbBLE GO TO A SMALL ROOM NEAR THE CENTER OF A
BUILDING... GROUND FLOOR IF POSSIBLE. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND CHEST.
 
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.