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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 7:59 AM EDT for Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1995, 7:59 AM EDT (11:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1995, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chatham County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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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 19, 4:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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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, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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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.
JBMSpecial weather statement, May 19, 7:49 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
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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, 7:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 51 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
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.