Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 11:31 AM EDT for Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 11:31 AM EDT (15:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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, Jul 3, 9:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
NCZ022-039-038-031500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 955 AM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DAVIDSON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST... AT 955 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST RANDOLPH AND SOUTHWEST GUILFORD COUNTIES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NCZ022-039-038-031500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 955 AM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DAVIDSON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST... AT 955 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST RANDOLPH AND SOUTHWEST GUILFORbD COUNTIES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:10 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
NCZ022-039-021-038-031615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1110 AM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 AT 1105 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST FORSYTH...NORTHEAST DAVIDSON...SOUTHWEST GUILFORD AND NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SOME HEAVY RAIN. HEAVIEST RAIN SINCE 10 AM HAS BEEN IN NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY 1.5 INCHE THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS... AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:12 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
NCZ022-039-021-038-031615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1110 AM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 AT 1105 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST FORSYTH...NORTHEAST DAVIDSON...SOUTHWEST GUILFORD AND NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SOME HEAVY RAIN. HEAVIEST RAIN SINCE 10 AM HAS BEEN IN NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY 1.5 INCHE THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS... AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore, Randolph | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.