Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 4:17 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 1 hour 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, 42 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
Local storm report, May 15, 3:52 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
351 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995
TIME EVENT
350 PM EDT 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL IN VICINITY OF ANGIER IN NORTHERN
HARNETT COUNTY. REPORTED BY A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGIST.
RFGLocal storm report, May 15, 4:10 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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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, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 33 min |
| May 15, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 26 min |
| May 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 35 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.