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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 19, 1995Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 2:39 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1995, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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 19, 10:04 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
NCZ057-191600

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1005 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM EDT....

AT 1000 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OVER ROWAN
COUNTY. HEAVIER RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD PUSHED EAST OF THE
COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN ROWAN
COUNTY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...
LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOS.

IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN OR CLOSE TO ROWAN COUNTY...STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

SR
Local storm report, May 19, 10:28 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1021 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

TIME           EVENT
938 AM EDT     FROM HOKE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR...TORNADO DAMAGE
               ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM STATE ROADS #401 AND #1207 EASTWARD
               TO NEAR STATE ROAD 211.  NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...SOME ACROSS
                HOUSES.  DAMAGE TO SEVERAL MOBIL HOMES IN THE PUPPY CREEK
                MOBIL HOME PARK IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF COUNTY.

WJB
Local storm report, May 19, 10:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1037 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

TIME           EVENT
1030 AM EDT     FROM HOKE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR...TORNADO DAMAGE
               ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM STATE ROADS #401 AND #1207 EASTWARD
               TO NEAR STATE ROAD 211.  NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...SOME ACROSS
                HOUSES.  DAMAGE TO SEVERAL MOBIL HOMES IN THE PUPPY CREEK
                MOBIL HOME PARK IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF COUNTY.

WJB
Local storm report, May 19, 10:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1039 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

TIME           EVENT
1034 AM EDT    WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...POSSIBLR TORNADO REPORTED
               FIREMAN NEAR THE TOWN OF GRANTHAM IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION
               OF COUNTY.

WJB
Special weather statement, May 19, 11:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
NCZ089-191645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1150 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

AT 1153 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH INDICATED A
STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS AFFECTING SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND RAINS WITH LIGHTNING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER
PIMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO TODAY TO RECIEVE UP TO THE
MINUTE INFORMATION ON THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

JWC
Special weather statement, May 19, 2:13 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
NCZ040-023-022-039-074-073-191915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
211 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 208 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER RANDOLPH AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. OTHER
STRONG THUNDESTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO STANLEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS
ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO ALAMANCE...CHATHAM...AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES BY 230 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS YOU SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVFE ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

COOK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 5:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson39 min
May 19, 5:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford, Randolph40 min
May 19, 6:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Orange40 min
May 19, 6:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham39 min
May 19, 6:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Guilford, Randolph44 min
May 19, 6:35 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake40 min
May 19, 6:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance47 min
May 19, 7:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham38 min
May 19, 7:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRandolph47 min
May 19, 7:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Vance51 min
May 19, 7:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham31 min
May 19, 8:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Wake41 min
May 19, 9:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHScotland38 min
May 19, 9:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland26 min
May 19, 10:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson38 min
May 19, 10:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne39 min
May 19, 10:28 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHSampson, Wayne32 min
May 19, 10:41 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHWayne23 min
May 19, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery28 min
May 19, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore47 min
May 19, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke35 min
May 19, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke32 min
May 19, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland54 min
May 19, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRichmond27 min
May 19, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.