Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 6:25 PM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rowan County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGSO 272227 TORGSO NCC159-272300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 625 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY AT 625PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF MOORESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL ENTER SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY BY 635PM. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO N^OT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH. ELJ
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, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
VAZ033-034-035-043-044-045-046-058-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 447 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... AT 445 PM EDT...A BAND OF THUNDEERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM PHILPOTT LAKE IN SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND EXTENDED NORTHEAST ACROSS PENHOOK AND LEESVILLE LAKE IN NORTHERN PITTSYLVANIA TO NEAR RUSTBURG IN CAMPBELL COUNTY. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH. THE BAND OF WEATHER RADAR INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND UPDATES. END/DOC
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
VAZ033-034-035-043-044-045-046-058-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 447 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... AT 445 PM EDT...A BAND OF THUNDEERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM PHILPOTT LAKE IN SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND EXTENDED NORTHEAST ACROSS PENHOOK AND LEESVILLE LAKE IN NORTHERN PITTSYLVANIA TO NEAR RUSTBURG IN CAMPBELL COUNTY. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH. THE BAND OF WEATHER RADAR INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND UPDATES. END/DOC
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:40 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
VAZ043-044-058-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 540 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG STORMS ACROSS SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA... AT 540 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR DETECTS A BAND OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL PITTSULVAINIA COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL APPROACH MARTINSVILLE...CHATHAM...AND GRETNA BY 600 PM. PEOPLE IN HENRY AND PITTSYLVAINIA COUNTIES SHOULD GO TO SAFE SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND UPDATES. END/DOC
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:40 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
VAZ043-044-058-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 540 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG STORMS ACROSS SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA... AT 540 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR DETECTS A BAND OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL PITTSULVAINIA COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL APPROACH MARTINSVILLE...CHATHAM...AND GRETNA BY 600 PM. PEOPLE IN HENRY AND PITTSYLVAINIA COUNTIES SHOULD GO TO SAFE SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND UPDATES. END/DOC
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
VAZ043-044-058-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 625 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 620 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR DETECTS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN HALIFAX...CENTRAL PITTSYLVANIA...AND CENTRAL HENRY COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE THE MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE AND HALIFAX COURT HOUSE AREAS BY 640 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BREIF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TRANSIT OF THESE STORMS TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. PEOPLE IN HENRY...PITTSYLVANIA AND HALIFAX SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/DOC
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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.