Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 11:24 PM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 11:24 PM EST (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1995, 12:30 AM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hoke County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 955 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1236 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 KRDU 070425 RRA SVRRDU NCC125-153-093-165-070530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1124 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...MOORE COUNTY...RICHMOND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...HOKE COUNTY...SCOTLAND COUNTY AT 1125 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM, A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. NOISE LIKE A ROARING TRAIN MAY BE YOUR ONLY CLUE OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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, Jan 6, 7:30 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
NCZ003-002-019-035-004-020-036-037-057-005-006-070230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 730 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT... FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. ICE COVERES MANY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. MOST ROADS ARE JUST WET WITH A FEW SCATTERED ICY SPOTS REPORTED. SCATTERED ICY SPOTS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. WARMING TEMPERATURES WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES GENERLLY RANGED FROM 31 TO 32 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THE COLD AIR WEDGE OVER THE AREA SHOULD CONTINUE ERODE AND WARM THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH MOST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE FREEZING BY LATE EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AS PROBLEMS STILL EXIST ON MANY HIGHWAYS. LESS TRAFFIC AND WARMING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED PROBLEMS TO IMPROVE SOME. RBN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 7:31 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
NCZ003-002-019-035-004-020-036-037-057-005-006-070230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 730 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT... FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. ICE COVERES MANY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. MOST ROADS ARE JUST WET WITH A FEW SCATTERED ICY SPOTS REPORTED. SCATTERED ICY SPOTS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. WARMING TEMPERATURES WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES GENERLLY RANGED FROM 31 TO 32 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THE COLD AIR WEDGE OVER THE AREA SHOULD CONTINUE ERODE AND WARM THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH MOST LOCATIONS RISING ABOVE FREEZING BY LATE EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AS PROBLEMS STILL EXIST ON MANY HIGHWAYS. LESS TRAFFIC AND WARMING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED PROBLEMS TO IMPROVE SOME. RBN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 10:00 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
NCZALL-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1000 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 NORTH CAROLINA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE INTO THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE...THEY WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY. A FEW THUDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. RAN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 10:05 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NCZALL-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1000 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 NORTH CAROLINA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE INTO THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE...THEY WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY. A FEW THUDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATbEMENTS. RAN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 10:08 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
NCZ003-002-019-035-004-020-036-037-057-005-006-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1010 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.. NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SOME DURING THE EVENING..BUT STILL REMAIN AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. ICE WAS STILL FORMING ON TREES AND EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES..ALTHOUGH MOST ROADWAYS WERE OTHERWISE JUST WET WITH SCATTERED ICY SPOTS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO PASSED THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE HEAVY RAINS PROVIDING SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SHARP CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS ACCOMPANIED A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AS PROBLEMS STILL EXIST ON MANY HIGHWAYS. LESS TRAFFIC AND WARMING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED PROBLEMS TO IMPROVE SOME. THE ICY CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN SOME OF THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS..FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT UNTIL A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RBN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 10:10 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
NCZ003-002-019-035-004-020-036-037-057-005-006-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1010 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.. NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SOME DURING THE EVENING..BUT STILL REMAIN AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. ICE WAS STILL FORMING ON TREES AND EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES..ALTHOUGH MOST ROADWAYS WERE OTHERWISE JUST WET WITH SCATTERED ICY SPOTS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO PASSED THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE HEAVY RAINS PROVIDING SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SHARP CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS ACCOMPANIED A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AS PROBLEMS STILL EXIST ON MANY HIGHWAYS. LESS TRAFFIC AND WARMING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED PROBLEMS TO IMPROVE SOME. THE ICY CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN SOME OF THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS..FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT UNTIL A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RBN WWUS35KPIT /
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 11:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 65 min |
| Jan 6, 11:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 48 min |
| Jan 7, 12:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| Jan 7, 12:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson | 52 min |
| Jan 7, 12:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 49 min |
| Jan 7, 12:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 54 min |
| Jan 7, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 47 min |
| Jan 7, 12:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 41 min |
| Jan 7, 1:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Northampton | 42 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.