Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 5:51 PM EDT for Davidson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Davidson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 132156 SVRRDU NCC057-132245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 551 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...DAVIDSON COUNTY AT 552 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM ROWAN COUNTY INTO DAVIDSON COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. 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 13, 3:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NCZ037-057-120400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 340 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARDS ALEXANDER COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 3:40 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN CALDWELL COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS ALEXANDER COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM CELL WAS MOVING EASTWARD AND SHOULD BE OVER WESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. RESIDENTS IN ALEXANDER COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF SUCH WEATHER APPROACHES. WJB
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
NCZ035-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 414 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 412 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY...ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF TAYLORSVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CROSS ALEXANDER COUNTY BY 440 PM. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN ALEXANDER COUNTY...PREPARE NOW FOR VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES... WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SR
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:19 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
NCZ035>037-057-132215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 518 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF ALEXANDER - IREDELL - DAVIE AND ROWAN UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... AT 515 EDT RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF ALEXANDER... IREDELL...DAVIE AND ROWAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS... LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL... EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY...20 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE...SOUTHWEST TO THE BORDER BETWEEN ALEXANDER AND IREDELL COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF ALEXANDER...IREDELL...DAVIE AND ROWAN UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN IN ANY OF THESE COUNTIES...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THROUGH THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THUNDERSTORMS PASS. YOU ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SR
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:26 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
NCC057-067-081-151-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 521 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 AT 520 PM SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO DAVIDSON COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 11 P4M THIS EVENING. LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 13, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 46 min |
| May 13, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 33 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.