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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 27, 1994Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 11:03 AM EDT for Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 1994, 11:03 AM EDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 1994, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 271503
TORRDU
NCC065-195-271545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1103 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...EDGECOMBE COUNTY...EASTERN WILSON COUNTY
 
AT 1101 AM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN
EASTERN WILSON COUNTY NEAR SARATOGA. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO EDGECOMBE
COUNTY AND AFFECT ST LEWIS...SPARTA AND PINE TOPS. TAKE COVER NOW!
 
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.

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, Jun 27, 9:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

NCZ005-006-022-023-038-039-271445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
945 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 NOON FOR DAVIDSON...GUILFORD...
RANDOLPH...AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 NOON FOR ALAMANCE AND
CASWELL COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...

AT 940 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN OVER MOST OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
TODAY.  ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL HAVE

THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...THE THREAT OF A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO
ACROSS ALAMANCE AND CASWELL COUNTIES WILL REMAIN UNTIL 1200 NOON.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RAD@IO AND TELEVISION STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JSN

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

NCZ005-006-022-023-038-039-271445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
945 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 NOON FOR DAVIDSON...GUILFORD...
RANDOLPH...AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 NOON FOR ALAMANCE AND
CASWELL COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...

AT 940 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN OVER MOST OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
TODAY.  ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL HAVE

THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...THE THREAT OF A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO
ACROSS ALAMANCE AND CASWELL COUNTIES WILL REMAIN UNTIL 1200 NOON.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RAD@IO AND TELEVISION STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JSN

Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1002 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

TIME           EVENT

9-930 AM EDT   LENOIR COUNTY...911 DISPATCHER REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
               HAIL...WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS COUNTY...ONE
               FATALITY...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ON HOUSES
               AND ALSO PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOUSES FROM THE TREES AND
               POWER LINES.

               *TIME ESTIMATED*

CARR

Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:11 AM EDT, 52 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1002 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

TIME           EVENT

9-930 AM EDT   LENOIR COUNTY...911 DISPATCHER REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
               HAIL...WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS COUNTY...ONE
               FATALITY...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ON HOUSES
               AND ALSO PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOUSES FROM THE TREES AND
               POWER LINES.

               *TIME ESTIMATED*

CARR

Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:21 AM EDT, 42 minutes before

STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1021 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

TIME           EVENT

830-915 AM EDT LENOIR COUNTY...911 DISPATCHER REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
               HAIL...WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS COUNTY...ONE
               FATALITY...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ON HOUSES
               AND ALSO PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOUSES FROM THE TREES AND
               POWER LINES.

               ...CORRECTED FOR A MORE ACCURATE TIME ESTIMATE...

CARR

Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:22 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1021 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

TIME           EVENT

830-915 AM EDT LENOIR COUNTY...911 DISPATCHER REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE
               HAIL...WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS COUNTY...ONE
               FATALITY...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ON HOUSES
               AND ALSO PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOUSES FROM THE TREES AND
               POWER LINES.

               ...CORRECTED FOR A MORE ACCURATE TIME ESTIMATE...

CARR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 6:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore	43 min
Jun 27, 6:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee	44 min
Jun 27, 7:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	42 min
Jun 27, 7:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	54 min
Jun 27, 7:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	45 min
Jun 27, 7:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	49 min
Jun 27, 8:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	40 min
Jun 27, 8:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lenoir	48 min
Jun 27, 9:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	30 min
Jun 27, 9:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	50 min
Jun 27, 10:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	42 min
Jun 27, 10:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Greene, Lenoir	48 min
Jun 27, 10:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	43 min
Jun 27, 10:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Pitt	50 min
Jun 27, 11:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Pitt	62 min
Jun 27, 11:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Greene	35 min
Jun 27, 11:28 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Lenoir	32 min
Jun 27, 11:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Northampton	43 min
Jun 27, 11:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lenoir	50 min
Jun 27, 12:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	51 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.