Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 7:10 AM EDT for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1995, 7:10 AM EDT (11:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1995, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nash County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 111112 RRA SVRRDU NCC127-111215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 710 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...NASH COUNTY AT 710 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NASH COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NASHVILLE WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN POSE A DANGER WITH ANY THUNDERS:TORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT DAMAGE TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MLM
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, 2 hours 42 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, 2 hours 40 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
Local storm report, Jul 11, 6:14 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
614 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995
TIME EVENT
610 AM EDT LIMBS DOWN ON A ROAD. SOME MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS WHERE
DRIANAGE IS POOR. REPORT FROM HALIFAX COUNTY NC.
JBPLocal storm report, Jul 11, 6:15 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
614 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995
TIME EVENT
610 AM EDT LIMBS DOWN ON A ROAD. SOME MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS WHERE
DRIANAGE IS POOR. REPORT FROM HALIFAX COUNTY NC.
JBPThe 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, 5:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 57 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, 7:38 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.