Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 5:18 AM EDT for Halifax County, Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1995, 5:18 AM EDT (09:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1995, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Halifax County, NC, Warren County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 11, 4:28 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
NCZ009-010-011-110930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 428 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995 AT 425 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA FROM VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WILL AFFFECT PORTIONS OF VANCE...WARREN AND HALIFAX COUNTIES BY 5 AM THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JBP
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:30 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
NCZ009-010-011-110930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 428 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995 AT 425 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA FROM VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WILL AFFFECT PORTIONS OF VANCE...WARREN AND HALIFAX COUNTIES BY 5 AM THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JBP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 6:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 6:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 7:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 7:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 67 min |
| Jul 11, 8:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 69 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.