Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 3:42 PM EDT for Harnett County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harnett County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 151946 SVRRDU NCC085-152015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 342 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...HARNETT COUNTY AT 340 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN HARNETT COUNTY BETWEEN ANGIER AND KIPLING...NORTH NORTHEAST OF LILLINGTON. THIS STORM HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOWS SIGNS OF DEVELOPING FURTHER SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AS WELL. 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 15, 3:17 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
NCZ041-152015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 312 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 AT 310 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WAKE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF APEX. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH...HAIL...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. COOK
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:35 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
NCZ042-077-078-152030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 331 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 326 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY MOVNING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH...HAIL...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING CENTRAL AREAS OF JOHNSTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN HARNETT COUNTY BY 345 PM...AND WILL BE AFFECTING WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY BY 430 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. COOK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 18 min |
| May 15, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 26 min |
| May 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 28 min |
| May 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 35 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.