Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 7:27 PM EDT for McDowell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McDowell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 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 KAVL 132330 SVRAVL NCC111-199-140030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 727 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...MCDOWELL COUNTY...YANCEY COUNTY AT 725 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH YANCY COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF BURNSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO MCDOWELL COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO A ND LOCAL TV FOR UPDATES. BLL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 13, 5:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
NCZ033-034-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 459 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR AVERY AND CALDWELL COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BOTH COUNTIES REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING IN CLOUD AND CLOUD TO GROUND. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS STILL REMAIN IN THE AREA AND ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEATHER STATEMENT UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. STAY rTUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR ANY UPDATES. WAP
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-073-082-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 600 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA...CLEVELAND...CATAWBA... LINCOLN...GASTON...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...UNION...STANLY... ANSON...IREDELL...ROWAN AND ALEXANDRIA. .AT 555 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS EAST ACROSS SECTION OF IREDELL... NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND ROWAN COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG SHOWS SIGNS OF INTENSIFYING AND WILL AFFECT DAVIDSON AND ALSO KANNAPOLIS IN CABARRUS COUNTY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON LAKE NORMAN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO ... TELEVISION OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JPW
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
NCZ055-034-054-050-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 605 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ....WEATHER WARNING STILL IN EFFECT FOR MITCHELL AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT..... AT 600 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STILL IN MITCHELL...MCDOWELL...AND BURKE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF SOME WEAKENING...HOWEVER...THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 39 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. WAP
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:36 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-073-082-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 636 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA...CLEVELAND...CATAWBA... LINCOLN...GASTON...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...UNION...STANLY... ANSON...IREDELL...ROWAN AND ALEXANDRIA. .AT 628 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY NEAR STATESVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS SOUTH TO NEAR LINCOLNTON IN LINCOLN COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE CABARRUS AND STANLY COUNTY LINE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON LAKE NORMAN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO ... TELEVISION OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JPW
Special weather statement, May 13, 7:13 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-073-082-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 713 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA...CLEVELAND...CATAWBA... LINCOLN...GASTON...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...UNION...STANLY... ANSON...IREDELL...ROWAN AND ALEXANDRIA. .AT 710 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE AIRPORT IN CHARLOTTE NORTHEAST TO KANNAPOLIS IN CABARRUS COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE NEAR ROCK HILL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON LAKE NORMAN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO ... TELEVISION OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JPW
Special weather statement, May 13, 7:21 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NCZ033-048-054-049-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 717 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.... AT 710 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MADISON...YANCEY...MITCHELL..AND AVERY COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UPTO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR OF RAIN IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY AND 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH PER HOUR IN YANCEY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. DO TO THE AMOUNT OF INDICATED RAINFALL THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND ROADS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH....SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES. BLL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 49 min |
| May 13, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 40 min |
| May 13, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.