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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 28, 1994Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 1994, 3:02 PM EST for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 1994, 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 1994, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Lenoir County, NC

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 282001
TORRDU
NCC107-282030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
302 PM EST MON MAR 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...LENOIR COUNTY
 
AT 255 PM EST THE DUPLIN COUNTY SHERRIFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO
ON THE GROUND NEAR THE TOWN OF WALLACE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AND WILL CROSS LENOIR COUNTY.
 
 
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW TO PROTECT THEIR
LIVES. GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET.
COVER YOUR HEAD. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES AND INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH.  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 tornado 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 28, 10:21 AM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before

NCZALL-290000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1020 AM EST MON MAR 28 1994

THE NORTH CAROLINA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS PRODUCED
A WARM...MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF IT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.  THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH AN
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
ARE LIKELY WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS WELL AS
STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

HARTFIELD

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 12:33 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

NCZ007>012-024>028-040>044-075>079-085-086-088-091-291815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1230 PM EST MON MAR 28 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER THE CITY OF RALEIGH...

AT 1230 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH RALEIGH TO SANFORD IN LEE COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS
THESE STORMS PASS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AND REDUCE
YOUR SPEED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
.
HARTFIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 7:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Franklin	35 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.