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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 10, 1995Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 3:54 AM EDT for Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Chatham County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 191 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 100756
SVRRDU
NCC037-100830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
354 AM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CHATHAM COUNTY
 
AT 355 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR IN WEST CHATHAM
COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG US 64 5 MILES EAST OF SILER CITY.
THE STORM IS PART OF A LINE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR
AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR SMALL HAIL.|
 
RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 5:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Johnston33 min
May 10, 5:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash33 min
May 10, 6:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWilson30 min
May 10, 6:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Johnston37 min
May 10, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.