Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 6:44 PM EDT for Montgomery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 132248 SVRRDU NCC123-132330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 644 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR NEAR MORROW MOUNTAIN ON THE STANLY-MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE TROY AND WADEVILLE AS WELL AS OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 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. DOWNBURST WINDS FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN SOMETIMES REACH 100 MPH. A POWERFUL DOWNBURST CAN BE AS BAD AS A TORNADO. THESE WINDS DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...OVERTURN MOBILE HOMES...AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT DAMAGES PROMPTLY 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 58 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, 2 hours 29 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, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 18 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
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:29 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
NCC057-123-151-167-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 625 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO RANDOLPH...STANLY...AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM THE RANDOLPH- IREDELL COUNTY LINE SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN STANLY COUNTY. THE LINE HAS BEEN MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES AND AREAS TO BE EFFECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR INCLUDE ASHEBORO...THE NORTH CAROLINA ZOO... AND ALBEMARLE AND SURROUNDING TOWNS. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RAPID RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THrUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING. RFG
Local storm report, May 13, 6:37 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
635 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995
TIME EVENT
633 PM EDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN STANLY COUNTY...HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS |AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. REPORTED
BY THE STANLY COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
JBPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.