Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1995, 7:07 PM EST for Harnett County, Johnston County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 1995, 7:07 PM EST (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 1995, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Wake County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 240007 RRA SVRRDU NCC101-183-085-240115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 707 PM EST THU MAR 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...JOHNSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN HARNETT COUNTY AT 705 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN HARNETT TO SOUTHERN WAKE EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 7 MILES WEST OF APEX IN OLIVE CHAPEL AT 655 PM THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. 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. GLD
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, Mar 23, 5:01 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
NCC007-153-165-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 502 PM EST THU MAR 23 1995 AT 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ANSON...RICHMOND AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. GLD
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 5:02 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NCC007-153-165-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 502 PM EST THU MAR 23 1995 AT 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ANSON...RICHMOND AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. GLD
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 6:36 PM EST, 31 minutes before
NCC037-085-101-163-165-183-240045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 636 PM EST THU MAR 23 1995 AT 630 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN SCOTAND COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE INSIDE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GLD
Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:48 PM EST, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
648 PM EST THU MAR 23 1995
TIME EVENT
640 PM EST SAMPSON COUNTY. NICKEL-SIZED HAIL IN THE TOWN OF INGOLD.
REPORTED BY SAMPSON COUNTY SHERIFF.
GIHLocal storm report, Mar 23, 6:49 PM EST, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
648 PM EST THU MAR 23 1995
TIME EVENT
640 PM EST SAMPSON COUNTY. NICKEL-SIZED HAIL IN THE TOWN OF INGOLD.
REPORTED BY SAMPSON COUNTY SHERIFF.
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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.