Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1995, 12:12 AM EDT for Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 1995, 12:12 AM EDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1995, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edgecombe County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 120416 SVRRDU NCC065-120445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1212 AM EDT FRI MAY 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...EDGECOMBE COUNTY AT 1212 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF BATTLEBORO MOVING EAST AT 30 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. KRC
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, 9:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
NCZ036-037-057-120200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 930 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT ... AT 927 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY...ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT 950 PM. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY...NEAR MOORESVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CROSS INTO SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY BY 940 PM. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY...SOUTHERN DAVIE COUNTY...SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY OR SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY...EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH AND HAIL UNTIL AT LEAST 950 PM. ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DAVIE AND ROWAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM...AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM TO PRODUCE TORNADOS IN THESE COUNTIES UNTIL THAT TIME. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SR
Special weather statement, May 11, 9:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
NCCALL-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 950 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 537 CANCELLED.. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 357. THE COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH AREA ARE: ...DURHAM...ORANGE...GRANVILLE...FRANKLIN...VANCE...WARREN...HALIFAX ...NASH...EDGECOMBE...BERTIE...NORTHAMPTON...HERTFORD...GATES... CHOWAN...PERQUIMANS...PASQUOTANK...CAMDEN...CURRITUCK... THIS INCLUDES THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF: ...HILLSBOROUGH...DURHAM...ROCKY MOUNT...ELIZABETH CITY... THE REST OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE STILL INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: IN THE COASTAL AREA... ...BEAUFORT...DARE...HYDE...TYRRELL...WASHINGTON...CARTERET...ONSLOW... PAMLICO...CRAVEN...JONES... AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ...DARE...HYDE...CARTERET...ONSLOW IN THE COASTAL PLAINS... ...GREENE...LENOIR...MARTIN...PITT...WAYNE...CUMBERLAND...DUPLIN... HARNETT...HOKE...LEE...MOORE...SAMPSON...SCOTLAND...RICHMOND... IN THE PIEDMONT... ...CHATHAM...WAKE...RANDOLPH...ANSON...MONTGOMERY...STANLY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED SINCE 900 PM BUT THOSE STILL IN THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA COULD PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY ACTION IF THREATENING APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DELGADO
Special weather statement, May 11, 11:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NCZ039-120400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1057 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 AT 1055 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION RANDOLPH COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF ASHEBORO MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY THROUGH 1120 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. KRC
Special weather statement, May 11, 11:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
NCZ037-057-120400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1105 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS 8IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF ROWAN AND DAVIE HAS EXPIRED. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THESE COUNTIES. SR
Special weather statement, May 11, 11:14 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
NCZALL-120415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1110 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 AT 1100 PM THE TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH CONTINUES TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF GREENSBORO AND FROM RALEIGH NORTHEAST TO ROCKY MOUNT. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS APPROACHING NEW BERN AND THE OUTER BANKS. NEARLY ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE EAST OF CHARLOTTE TO GREENSBORO. THIS AREA OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THE EAST THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT. JWC
Local storm report, May 12, 12:01 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1200 AM EDT FRI MAY 12 1995
CONFIRMED REPORTS FROM MAY 11 1995
TIME (EDT) LOCATION/COUNTY EVENT
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1729 NR SOUTHMONT/DAVIDSON TORNADO SIGHTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER
1739 LEXINGTON/DAVIDSON TORNADO SIGHTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTERS
1818 WILLARDSVILLE/DURHAM TORNADO CONFIRMED BY COUNTY
911
1822 BUTNER/GRANVILLE PING-PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
.
1853 HOLLY SPRING/WAKE POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
1915 3 W SMITHFIELD/JOHNSTON 60+ KTS WINDS INDICATED BY
KRAX DOPPLER RADAR (ABOUT
10 MI FROM RADAR)
1935 1 S SELMA/JOHNSTON 1 INCH HAIL
1939 SMITHFIELD/JOHNSTON 14 INCH DIA. TREES BLOW DOWN
1939 SMITHFIELD/JOHNSTON SEVERAL TREES DOWN
1942 PRINCETON/JOHNSTON 1 INCH HAIL
2001 BRASSFIELD/GRANVILLE POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
2002 SEYMOR-JOHNSON AFB/ TORNADO 4 NE AFB SIGHTED BY
WAYNE MILITARY PILOT
2026 ASHEBORO/RANDOLPH TORNADO IN ASHEBORO...
NUMEROUS PUBLIC REPORTS
2049 5 SE ASHEBORO/RANDOLPH TORNADO CONFIRMED BY CHIEF
OF EMERGENCY RESCUE SQUAD...
ON GROUND ABOUT 1 MI.
DELGADO/COOKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 27 min |
| May 11, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.