Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 10, 1995Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 5:27 AM EDT for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 5:27 AM EDT (09:27 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Nash County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 100929
SVRRDU
NCC101-127-085-101000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
527 AM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...JOHNSTON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN NASH COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...HARNETT COUNTY
 
AT 525 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH SHOWED A LINE OF
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HARNETT...EASTERN WAKE AND
SOUTHERN NASH COUNTIES.
 
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN POSE A DANGER WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM.  SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT DAMAGE TO
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
 
RA

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 10, 5:14 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
NCZALL-101030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
510 AM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

AT 5:00 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPLER RADAR AT RALEIGH SHOWED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHEAST
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...THROUGH MOORE...LEE...EASTERN CHATHAM AND WAKE
COUNTIES.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOW^NPOURS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO RESULT IN SOME URBAN
FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RHJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 3:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham36 min
May 10, 5:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Johnston33 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.