Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 7:42 PM EDT for Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 132346 SVRRDU NCC165-140015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 742 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...SCOTLAND COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED ON WEATHER RADAR EAST OF ROCKINGHAM NEAR THE RICHMOND-SCOTLAND COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM IS TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY 40 MILES AN HOUR. LAURENBURG AS WELL AS SURROUNGING AREAS OF SCOTLAND COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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 TH&E 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, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 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, 1 hour 5 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.
JBPSpecial weather statement, May 13, 6:49 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
NCZ035>037-057-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 648 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 645 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLEVELAND IN ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH LAKE NORMAN IN SOUTHWESTERN IREDELL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY... INCLUDING MOORESVILLE...BY 700 PM EDT AND WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 730 MPH. MEANWHILE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED LARGE AREAS OF DAVIE COUNTY...ALEXANDER COUNTY AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY. 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 AND LARGE HAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALSO...RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH IN THESE COUNTIES TO FLOOD SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION...YOUN 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
Local storm report, May 13, 7:00 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
700 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995
ATTN SELS...
2155Z-2230Z...555 PM-630 PM EDT...ROWAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT
COUNTY.
SRLocal storm report, May 13, 7:05 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
703 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995
TIME EVENT
650 EDT WIND DAMAGE TO TREES...POSSIBLY A TORNADO IN VICINITY
OF STRAND DRIVE IN STANLY COUNTY ON THE STANLY-
MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE AND AT THE EDGE OF THE PEE DEE
RIVER SOUTH OF MORROW MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.
RFGLocal storm report, May 13, 7:31 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
727 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995
TIME EVENT
650 EDT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR
MOUNT GILEAD.
RFGThe 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, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 13, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 46 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.