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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 28, 1994Davidson County, Randolph County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 10:43 PM EDT for Davidson County, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1994, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1994, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Davidson County, NC, Randolph County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGSO 290244 RRA
SVRGSO
NCC057-151-290315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1043 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 1040 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHERN DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
 
GTR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGuilford, Randolph27 min
Jun 28, 11:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham36 min
Jun 29, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Wilkes29 min
Jun 29, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWilkes36 min
Jun 29, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKStokes33 min
Jun 29, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham, Stokes32 min
Jun 29, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGuilford, Rockingham32 min
Jun 29, 7:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKIredell32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.