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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 1, 1995Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1995, 10:34 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1995, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Stanly County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 020237 COR
SVRRDU
NCC167-020315-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1034 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

   ...STANLY COUNTY

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO STANLY COUNTY FROM CABARRUS COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL
IN CABARRUS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.


ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM, A TORNADO

WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FROM
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  NOISE LIKE A ROARING TRAIN MAY BE YOUR ONLY
CLUE OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
$$

...CORRECTION TO INCLUDE EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...

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, May 1, 9:49 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
NCZ057-020545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
940 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR ROWAN COUNTY IN
NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 920 PM EDT..THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST IN KANSAS CITY HAS
ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS
INCLUDES THE COUNTY OF ROWAN.

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER GROUPS ARE REQUESTED
TO RELAY STORM INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ALL PEOPLE
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY DAMAGING WEATHER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATH~ER.
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR WEATHER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MEC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 11:12 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHAnson48 min
May 1, 11:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRichmond26 min
May 2, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore35 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.