Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1995, 2:45 PM EDT for Hoke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1995, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hoke County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 271846 RRA SVRRDU NCC093-271930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 245 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN HOKE COUNTY AT 245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN HOKE COUNTY OVER THE FORT BRAGG MILITARY RESERVATION. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY AND MAY PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING AS WELL. 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.
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 27, 2:00 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-036>043-057-070-073>078-083>086-088-089-271900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 200 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 157 PM WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING RAPIDLY CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST HOKE COUNTY AND NORTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEAR FORT BRAGG...ALSO STRETCHING ACROSS NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY EASTWARD INTO WESTERN WAKE COUNTY FROM PITTSBORO TO NEAR THE RALEIGH/DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND OTHER STORMS WERE JUST SOUTHWEST OF ROANOKE RAPIDS IN HALIFAX COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO FORMING OVER FORSYTH COUNTY AROUND WINSTON-SALEM AND KERNERSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. SINCE THE SOILS ARE SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM RAINS WILL PRODUCE RAPID RUNOFF. STREET AND URBAN FLOODING MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. PWB
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:02 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-036>043-057-070-073>078-083>086-088-089-271900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 200 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 157 PM WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING RAPIDLY CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST HOKE COUNTY AND NORTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEAR FORT BRAGG...ALSO STRETCHING ACROSS NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY EASTWARD INTO WESTERN WAKE COUNTY FROM PITTSBORO TO NEAR THE RALEIGH/DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND OTHER STORMS WERE JUST SOUTHWEST OF ROANOKE RAPIDS IN HALIFAX COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO FORMING OVER FORSYTH COUNTY AROUND WINSTON-SALEM AND KERNERSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. SINCE THE SOILS ARE SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM RAINS WILL PRODUCE RAPID RUNOFF. STREET AND URBAN FLOODING MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR 4LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. PWB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 45 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.