Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 10:59 AM EDT for Alamance County, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 10:59 AM EDT (14:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 141503 SVRRDU NCC001-037-141530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1059 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY...NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY AT 1100 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE BORDER OF CHATHAM AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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 14, 7:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
NCZ035-141500 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 745 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ALEXANDER UNTIL 100 PM EDT... AT 731 AM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTY OF ALEXANDER. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THIS COUNTY...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. YOU ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MC
Special weather statement, May 14, 9:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
NCZ035-141400 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 927 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ALEXANDER UNTIL 100 PM EDT... AT 925 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM EAST CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY INTO WESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS ALEXANDER COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THIS COUNTY...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIAT ELY. YOU ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WJB
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:07 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
NCZ035-141420 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1005AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH IREDELL COUNTY.... AT 955 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY. PERSONS IN IREDELL COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF IREDELL COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. WJB
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:19 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
NCZ037-141430 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1017AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORSM MOVING THROUGH DAVIE COUNTY...... AT 1015AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH DAVIE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN DAVIE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMED$IATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF DAVIE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. WJB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 27 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.