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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 5, 1995Northampton County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1995, 12:15 PM EDT for Northampton County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 1995, 12:15 PM EDT (16:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 1995, 12:34 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Northampton County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1599 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 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
1599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAKQ 051617
TORAKQ
NCC131-051640-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1215 PM EDT THU OCT 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1240 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
 
AT 1215 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY...ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF JACKSON OR 7
MILES EAST ROANOKE RAPIDS.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE
TOWNS OF SEABOARD...GUMBERRY AND MARGARETTSVILLE BY 1230 PM.
 
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!  DON'T HESITATE.  THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OR CALL
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA AT 1-800-737-8624.
STAY TUNED NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
 
ALBRIGHT

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.