Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 8:19 AM EDT for Durham County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1995, 8:19 AM EDT (12:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1995, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Durham County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 191224 SVRRDU NCC063-183-191300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 819 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHERN DURHAM COUNTY...WAKE COUNTY AT 817 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PARKWOOD IN SOUTHERN DURHAM MOVING TOWARD HIGHWAY 64 ALONG THE WAKE COUNTY LINE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM, A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. NOISE LIKE A ROARING TRAIN MAY BE YOUR ONLY CLUE OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALER2T 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 19, 5:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes 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, 2 hours 32 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, 2 hours 26 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, 42 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.
JBMSpecial weather statement, May 19, 7:49 AM EDT, 30 minutes before
NCZ057-191300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 750 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN COUNTY UNTIL 200PM EDT.... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ROWAN. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 200PM EDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS....AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES EXISTS THROUGHOUT ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 740AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THIS PORTION OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR UPDATES ON THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION AND FURTHER STATEMENTS OR THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. WJB
Local storm report, May 19, 8:00 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
800 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
TIME EVENT
755 AM EDT FROM RANDOLPH COUNTY 911...TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN MANY AREAS AROUND COUNTY.
WJBThe 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, 7:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 51 min |
| May 19, 7:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 31 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.