Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1995, 9:50 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1995, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1995, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRDU 160159 RRA SVRRDU NCC051-163-160215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 950 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY AT 946 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRECHING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON IN SAMPSON COUNTY EXTENDING WEST TO NEAR STEDMAN IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE WEST AT AROUND 5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN ONE HOUR WITH THESE STORMS SO PERSONS SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN DRAINAGES IN ADDITION TO WIND AND HAIL. MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND FLOODED UNDERPASSES. AVOID DRIVING ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADS. WATER TWO FEET DEEP CAN LIFT MOST CARS. REPORT FLOODING OR DAMAGE TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. KRC/RA ORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 15, 8:51 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
NCC163-160200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 851 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SAMPSON COUNTY... AT 848 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER SAMPSON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF ROSEBORO. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. DUE TO THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SHOULD THREATENEING WEATHER APPROACH TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. KRC WSUS41KMKC /
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:52 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
NCC163-160200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 851 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SAMPSON COUNTY... AT 848 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER SAMPSON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF ROSEBORO. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. DUE TO THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SHOULD THREATENEING WEATHER APPROACH TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. KRC
Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:25 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
925 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1995
TIME EVENT
900 PM EDT SAMPSON COUNTY...DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED TO SAMPSON
COUNTY 911 NEAR ROSEBORO.
KRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.