Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1995, 2:04 PM EDT for Davidson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1995, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Davidson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 911 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 061805 RRA SVRRDU NCC057-061900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 204 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...DAVIDSON COUNTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO DAVIDSON COUNTY BY 230 PM. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN POSE A DANGER WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT DAMAGE TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. &
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 6, 1:40 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
NCZ036-037-057-061820- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 140 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF IREDELL...ROWAN AND DAVIE UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 135 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY THROUGH CENTRAL ROWAN THROUGH THE CABARRUS COUNTY LINE. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SALISBURY AND JUST EAST OF CHINA GROVE IN ROWAN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY AND OVER HIGH ROCK LAKE BY 215 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN CENTRAL OR EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SALISBURY...SPENCER AND HIGH ROCK...REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL THROUGH AT LEAST 215 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN COUNTY AND FOR THE COUNTIES OF IREDELL AND DAVIE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THESE COUNTIES TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...PREPARE TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SR
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:44 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
NCZ036-037-057-061820- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 140 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF IREDELL...ROWAN AND DAVIE UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 135 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY THROUGH CENTRAL ROWAN THROUGH THE CABARRUS COUNTY LINE. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SALISBURY AND JUST EAST OF CHINA GROVE IN ROWAN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY AND OVER HIGH ROCK LAKE BY 215 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN CENTRAL OR EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SALISBURY...SPENCER AND HIGH ROCK...REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL THROUGH AT LEAST 215 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN COUNTY AND FOR THE COUNTIES OF IREDELL AND DAVIE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THESE COUNTIES TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...PREPARE TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 69 min |
| Jul 6, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 41 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.