Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Raleigh, NC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Asheboro, NC | A 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.
- 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
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.
GIHLocal 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.
GIHSpecial 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.
GIHSpecial 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.
GIHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 32 min |
| May 12, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 33 min |
Nearby
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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.