Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 5:27 PM EDT for Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1995, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 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 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 112131 RRA SVRRDU NCC037-112200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 527 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST CHATHAM COUNTY. THE STORM IN IN THE VICINITY OF STATE ROAD 902 AND MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. 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.
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 11, 4:28 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
NCZ039-112130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 425 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 AT 420 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF DENTON IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST 30 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR THE AREAS AROUND ASHEBORO IN RANDOLPH COUNTY BY 430 PM. HALF INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TOB EMERGENCY 911 OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KRC
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:35 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
NCZ036-057-112120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 435 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... AT 430 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN IREDELL COUNTY ALONG THE CATAWBA COUNTY LINE...EAST TO NEAR CLEVELAND IN NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY BY 445 PM... EAST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY BY 500 PM...AND THROUGH NORTHERN ROWAN AND SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTIES BY 515 PM. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN ANY OF THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF ELMWOOD...CLEVELAND OR COOLEEMEE...REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CAPABLE OF FLOODING LOW LYING ROADS AND OTHER AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH AND HAIL TH.ROUGH AT LEAST 515 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THUNDERSTORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SR
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:36 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
NCZ036-037-057-112120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 435 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... AT 430 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN IREDELL COUNTY ALONG THE CATAWBA COUNTY LINE...EAST TO NEAR CLEVELAND IN NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY BY 445 PM... EAST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY BY 500 PM...AND THROUGH NORTHERN ROWAN AND SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTIES BY 515 PM. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN ANY OF THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF ELMWOOD...CLEVELAND OR COOLEEMEE...REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CAPABLE OF FLOODING LOW LYING ROADS AND OTHER AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH AND HAIL THROUGH AT LEAST 515 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THUNDERSTORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ...ADDED DAVIE COUNTY TO H4EADER... SR
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:21 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NCZ039-038-112215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 517 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 AT 512 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH INTO DAVIDSON COUNTY FROM ROWAN COUTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON WITH ANOTHER STORM NEAR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF DAVIDSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF SMALL HAIL AND WIvLL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. JWC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 20 min |
| May 10, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 29 min |
| May 10, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville | 36 min |
| May 10, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 25 min |
| May 11, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville | 34 min |
| May 11, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 35 min |
| May 11, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 26 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.