Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 6:40 PM EDT for Franklin County, Granville County, Vance County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1995, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Vance County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 112244 SVRRDU NCC069-077-181-112315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 640 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY ...SOUTHERN VANCE COUNTY AT 640 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN VANCE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES BY 645 PM. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AND TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS DANGEROUS STORM. JWC THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW! GO TO THE CENTER AND LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOUSE, IN A SMALL ROOM, AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 4:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 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, 2 hours 4 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, 1 hour 19 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
Special weather statement, May 11, 6:00 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
NCZ037-057-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 600 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY... AND OVER SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 555 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY. THESE THUNDEESTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ACROSS ROWAN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 630 PM. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN ANY OF THESE AREAS...REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS...AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SR
Special weather statement, May 11, 6:02 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
NCZ037-057-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 600 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY... AND OVER SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 555 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ACROSS ROWAN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 630 PM. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN ANY OF THESE AREAS...REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS...AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ...CORRECTED TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS... SR
Local storm report, May 11, 6:30 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
627 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995
TIME EVENT
618 PM EDT TORNADO CONFIRMED BY DURHAM COUNTY 911 IN WILLARDSVILLE
622 PM EDT SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN
BUTNER.
KRCThe 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, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 33 min |
| May 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville | 34 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.