Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1995, 5:58 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1995, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- 1122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 12, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NCZ007-008-009-024-025-040-122145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 450 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 450 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ALAMANCE... GRANVILLE... VANCE... ORANGE... PERSON... AND CHATHAM COUNTIES. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TAKE SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JWC
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:04 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
NCZ041-042-077-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 503 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 503 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVIEC RADAR IN RALEIGH INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HARNETT... JOHNSTON AND WAKE COUNTIES THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND BUILDING IN INTENISTY IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERST ORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JWC
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:34 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
NCZ042-077-085-086-088-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 534 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 534 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CUMBERLAND... HOKE... HARNETT... CHATHAM... SAMPSON... AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONINTUE TO AFFECT EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JWC
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:35 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
NCZ042-077-085-086-088-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 534 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 534 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CUMBERLAND... HOKE... HARNETT... CHATHAM... SAMPSON... AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE FTHUNDERSTORMS WILL CONINTUE TO AFFECT EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JWC
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:51 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
NCC069-077-083-145-181-185-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 551 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 550 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA OVER GRANVILLE AND WARREN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN CASE WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED. REPORT DAMAGE TO LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MLM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:52 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NCC069-077-083-145-181-185-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 551 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 550 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA OVER GRANVILLE AND WARREN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF TrHREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN CASE WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED. REPORT DAMAGE TO LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 31 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.