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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 11, 1995Randolph County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 8:18 PM EDT for Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1995, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 8:26 PM EDTTornado F0Asheboro, NCA small tornado was sighted by an emergency rescue team and the public. Trees and power lines were blown down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 1995-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 491 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 1995-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 120022
SVRRDU
NCC151-120045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
818 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
TO THE WEST OF ASHEBORO IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD PASS NEAR ASHEBORO BY 840 PM.
 
 
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.
 
PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AxND 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

Local storm report, May 11, 7:39 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
738 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995

TIME           EVENT
 732 PM        JOHNSTON COUNTY. QUARTER-SIZED HAIL JUST SOUTH OF SELMA.
               REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

GIH
Local storm report, May 11, 7:45 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
742 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995

TIME           EVENT
 740 PM        JOHNSTON COUNTY.
               NUMEROUS TREES DOWN JUST EAST OF SMITHFIELD. REPORTEBD
               BY JOHNSTON COUNTY SHERIFF.

               QUARTER-SIZED HAIL NEAR THE TOWN OF PRINCETON. REPORTED
               BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

GIH
Special weather statement, May 11, 7:46 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
NCZ073-120045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
742 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995

AT 740 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM CABARRUS COUNTY INTO STANLY COUNTY ABOUT 15
MILES TO THE WEST OF ALBEMARLE. A SPOTTER HAD REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
WITH THIS STORM IN EASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY AT 735 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FOR DETAILS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
THUNDERSFTORM.

JWC

&
Local storm report, May 11, 8:05 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
804 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995

TIME           EVENT
 800 PM        WAYNE COUNTY. PILOT REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOUR
               MILES NORTHEA^ST OF SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE.

GIH
Special weather statement, May 11, 8:07 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
NCZ078-120100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
803 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995

...A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED 4 MILES NORTH OF SEYNOUR JOHNSON AIR
FORCE BASE NEAR GOLDSBORO AT 800 PM BY AN AIR FORCE PILOT. THE STORM IS
JUST 3 MILES JUST NORTH OF GOLDSBORO. A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES IN
EFFECT FOR WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM.

IF IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THIS
TIME. THIS IS A VEjRY DANGEROUS STORM.

JWC

&
Local storm report, May 11, 8:10 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
809 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995

TIME           EVENT
 705 PM        GRANVILLE COUNTY. POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN JUST
               SOUTHEAST OF CREEDMpOOR. REPORTED BY CREEDMOOR POLICE
               DEPARTMENT.

GIH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 8:43 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHRandolph32 min
May 12, 12:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.