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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 27, 1994Davidson County, Randolph County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 7:02 PM EST for Davidson County, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 1994, 7:02 PM EST (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 1994, 7:45 PM EST
In force: 43 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, 0.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 615 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 772 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGSO 280003
TORGSO
NCC057-151-280045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
702 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 700 PM A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND IN THE DENTON AREA OF SOUTHERN
DAVIDSON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH.
 
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.
 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...LARGE...TORNADO.  IT WAS CONFIRMED
ON THE GROUND. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW...TAKE COVER NOW!!!
 
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 7:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Davidson, Rowan	27 min
Mar 27, 7:36 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Alamance, Guilford	54 min
Mar 27, 7:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Alexander, Iredell	47 min
Mar 27, 8:05 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Randolph	40 min
Mar 27, 8:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Alamance	38 min
Mar 28, 7:06 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rowan	24 min
Mar 28, 7:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson, Rowan	40 min
Mar 28, 7:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Randolph	38 min
Mar 28, 8:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Guilford	30 min
Mar 28, 4:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Alexander	55 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.