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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 6, 1995Randolph County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1995, 3:58 PM EDT for Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1995, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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 1995-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 911 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 1995-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 14 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
Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GREENSBORO NC
212 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995

ATTN SELS...

1803Z...203 PM EDT...DAVIE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NICKEL SIZE
                     HAIL ALONG US ROUTE 601...JUST NORTH OF THE
                     ROWAN COUNTY LINE...ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH-
                     SOUTHEAST OF MOCKSVILLE.

SR
Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GREENSBORO NC
236 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995

ATTN SELS...

1835Z...235 PM EDT...SPOTTER REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                     IN ROCKWELL IN SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY...ABOUT
                     10 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY.
                     APPROXIMATE TIME OF OCCURENCE 1800-1815Z.

SR
Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GREENSBORO NC
236 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995

ATTN SELS...

1835Z...235 PM EDT...SPOTTER REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                     IN ROCKWELL IN SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY...ABOUT
                     10 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY.
                     APPROXIMATE TIME OF OCCURENCE 1800-1815Z.

SR
Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:00 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GREENSBORO NC
300 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995

ATTN SELS...

1800-1815Z
200 PM- 215 PM EDT...TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN SALISBURY
                     IN ROWAN COUNTY. ROWAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
                     EVENT AT 1850Z...TIMES APPROXIMATE.

1840Z...240 PM EDT...ROWAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER
                     LINES DOWN ACROSS US ROUTE 52 JUST NORTHWEST OF
                     GOLD HILL IN SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY.

SR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson56 min
Jul 6, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHStanly60 min
Jul 6, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRandolph47 min
Jul 6, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHForsyth, Guilford69 min
Jul 6, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham65 min
Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery60 min
Jul 6, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHStanly54 min
Jul 6, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRandolph33 min
Jul 6, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson58 min
Jul 6, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Moore41 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.