Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 7:39 AM EDT for Granville County, Vance County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1995, 7:39 AM EDT (11:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1995, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Granville County, NC, Vance County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:42 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 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 611 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 191144 SVRRDU NCC077-181-191230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 739 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...GRANVILLE COUNTY...SOUTHERN VANCE COUNTY AT 740 AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY NORTH OF CREEDMOOR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM, A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FRrOM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. NOISE LIKE A ROARING TRAIN MAY BE YOUR ONLY CLUE OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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
Local storm report, May 19, 4:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
408 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
TIME EVENT
330 AM EDT FROM SKYWARN SPOTTER...I-40 NEAR LINVILLE EXIT IN
FORSYTH COUNTY...1/2 INCH HAIL...WINDS ESTIMATED 60 TO
70 MPH...TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE.
JBPSpecial weather statement, May 19, 4:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
NCC001-067-081-145-190930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 423 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 AT 420 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING INTO PERSON COUNTY. AROUND 330 THIS MORNING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAUSED WIND DAMAGE IN FORSYTH COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 AM. LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:39 AM EDT, 2 hours before
NCZ036-190945 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 535 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH IREDELL COUNTY... AT 520 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE THROUGH IREDELL COUNTY BY 545AM EDT. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AND YOU ARE CAUGHT OUT OF DOORS BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NCZ037-57 191015 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 548 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES... AT 545 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY AND INTO ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ROWAN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF DAVIE COUNTY UNTIL 615AM EDT. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AND YOU ARE CAUGHT OUT OF DOORS BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WJB
Local storm report, May 19, 5:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
552 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
TIME EVENT
510 AM EDT FROM DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT...TREE DOWN
ON OLD U.S. 52 NEAR THE FORSYTH COUNTY LINE.
JBPLocal storm report, May 19, 7:37 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
736 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
TIME EVENT
730 AM EDT FROM ORANGE COUNTY 911...TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES
IN HILLSBOROUGHL.
JBMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 39 min |
| May 19, 5:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 40 min |
| May 19, 6:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Orange | 40 min |
| May 19, 6:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 39 min |
| May 19, 6:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 44 min |
| May 19, 6:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| May 19, 6:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 38 min |
| May 19, 7:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 31 min |
| May 19, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 41 min |
| May 19, 9:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 38 min |
| May 19, 9:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 26 min |
| May 19, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson | 38 min |
| May 19, 10:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 39 min |
| May 19, 10:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 32 min |
| May 19, 10:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 23 min |
| May 19, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 51 min |
| May 19, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 19, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 47 min |
| May 19, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 35 min |
| May 19, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 32 min |
| May 19, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 54 min |
| May 19, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 27 min |
| May 19, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 45 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.