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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 16, 1994Davidson County, Davie County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1994, 6:39 PM EDT for Davidson County, Davie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1994, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 12:00Z on 1994-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 12:00Z on 1994-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGSO 162241
TORGSO
NCC057-059-162315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
639 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...WESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY...DAVIE COUNTY
 
AT 636 PM THE DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE
CHURCHLAND AREA...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH AT 25 MPH.
 
THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTY BY 650 PM EDT.
 
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 NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A
DITCH.
 
SR
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKDavidson28 min
Aug 16, 7:04 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKIredell26 min
Aug 16, 7:21 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKDavie, Forsyth, Yadkin39 min

Nearby

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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.