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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 3, 1995Randolph County, North Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Randolph49 min
Jul 3, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore, Randolph40 min
Jul 3, 1:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMoore46 min
Jul 3, 2:14 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMoore46 min
Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Moore43 min
Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett43 min
Jul 3, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland49 min
Jul 3, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson42 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.