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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 1, 1994Edgecombe County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1994, 6:07 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 1994, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Edgecombe County, NC

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 012208
TORRDU
NCC065-012230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
607 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN PITT COUNTY
 
AT 607 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING A POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN NORTHERN PITT COUNTY. THIS IS A VIOLENT STORM AND WILL AFFECT
BETHEL...FALKLAND AND STOKES AS IT MOVES EAST NEAR 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAPRODUCED QUARTER SIZE AND DIME SIZE HAIL IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
 
TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN, HAZE, LOW
CLOUDS AND TREES. OFTEN YOUR ONLY WARNING MAY BE A LOUD ROARING
SOUND AND FLYING DEBRIS. BUT THAT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!
WHEN SAFE TO DO SO, REPORT DAMAGES TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS PROMPTLY.
 
 
 
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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, May 1, 3:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

NCZ007>012-024>028-040>044-075>079-085-086-088-091-012200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
355 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM...

AT 350 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING A FEW VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL NASH COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF
NASHVILLE. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
IN SOUTHWESTERN NASH COUNTY AND IN SCOTLAND COUNTY. THE ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING EAST NEAR 30 MPH.

REMEMBER ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE
COVER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WWUS35KWBC-

Special weather statement, May 1, 4:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

NCZ007-008-009-010-011-012-024-025-026-027-028-040-041-042-043-
044-075-076-077-078-079-085-086-088-091-012215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
424 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM EDT...

AT 420 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...
SANDHILLS AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS LOCATED IN HALIFAX COUNTY BETWEEN CROWELLS AND SCOTLAND NECK.
THIS STORM MAY BE PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN
HALIFAX AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE
CITY OF RALEIGH...IN CHATHAM COUNTY NEAR MONCURE AND IN SCOTLAND AND
HOKE COUNTIES. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND LOCAL TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND\POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

CARR

Special weather statement, May 1, 4:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

NCZ007-008-009-010-011-012-024-025-026-027-028-040-041-042-043-
044-075-076-077-078-079-085-086-088-091-012215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
424 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM EDT...

AT 420 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...
SANDHILLS AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS LOCATED IN HALIFAX COUNTY BETWEEN CROWELLS AND SCOTLAND NECK.
THIS STORM MAY BE PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN
HALIFAX AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE
CITY OF RALEIGH...IN CHATHAM COUNTY NEAR MONCURE AND IN SCOTLAND AND
HOKE COUNTIES. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND LOCAL TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND\POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

CARR

Local storm report, May 1, 5:34 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
534 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 1994

TIME           EVENT

535 PM EDT     JOHNSTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
               5 MILES EAST OF SMITHFIELD AND ALSO DIME SIZE HAIL
               EXTREME SOUTHERN JOHNSTON NEAR SAMPSON COUNTY LINE.
               EVENTS OCCURRING AT TIME OF CALL FROM SHERIFF`S
               OFFICE.

KK

Local storm report, May 1, 5:37 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
534 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 1994

TIME           EVENT

535 PM EDT     JOHNSTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
             t  5 MILES EAST OF SMITHFIELD AND ALSO DIME SIZE HAIL
               EXTREME SOUTHERN JOHNSTON NEAR SAMPSON COUNTY LINE.
               EVENTS OCCURRING AT TIME OF CALL FROM SHERIFF`S
               OFFICE.

KK

Local storm report, May 1, 6:00 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
557 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 1994

TIME           EVENT

558 PM EDT     EDGECOMBE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...QUARTER SIZE HAIL
               SOUTHERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY NEAR MACCLESFIELD AND ALSO DIME
               SIZE JUST NORTH OF MACCLESFIELD IN PINETOPS.

KK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	35 min
May 1, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Scotland	54 min
May 1, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	38 min
May 1, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	36 min
May 1, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	46 min
May 1, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	25 min
May 1, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	29 min
May 1, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	35 min
May 1, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	25 min
May 1, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	37 min
May 1, 7:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston	26 min
May 1, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	29 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.