Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1995, 1:03 AM EST for Northampton County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 1995, 1:03 AM EST (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1995, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Northampton County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 070604 RRA SVRRDU NCC131-070645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 103 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AT 100 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO SHOW AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LOTS OF DAMAGE HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS...SUCH AS VERY STRONG WINDS...TREES DOWN...POWER OUTAGES AND MOBILE HOMES OVERTURNED. THIS LINE OF STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST ABOUT 50 MPH. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT 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, Jan 6, 10:05 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
NCZALL-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1000 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 NORTH CAROLINA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE INTO THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE...THEY WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY. A FEW THUDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATbEMENTS. RAN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 10:08 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
NCZ003-002-019-035-004-020-036-037-057-005-006-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1010 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.. NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SOME DURING THE EVENING..BUT STILL REMAIN AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. ICE WAS STILL FORMING ON TREES AND EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES..ALTHOUGH MOST ROADWAYS WERE OTHERWISE JUST WET WITH SCATTERED ICY SPOTS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO PASSED THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE HEAVY RAINS PROVIDING SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SHARP CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS ACCOMPANIED A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AS PROBLEMS STILL EXIST ON MANY HIGHWAYS. LESS TRAFFIC AND WARMING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED PROBLEMS TO IMPROVE SOME. THE ICY CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN SOME OF THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS..FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT UNTIL A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RBN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 10:10 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
NCZ003-002-019-035-004-020-036-037-057-005-006-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1010 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.. NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SOME DURING THE EVENING..BUT STILL REMAIN AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. ICE WAS STILL FORMING ON TREES AND EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES..ALTHOUGH MOST ROADWAYS WERE OTHERWISE JUST WET WITH SCATTERED ICY SPOTS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO PASSED THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE HEAVY RAINS PROVIDING SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SHARP CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS ACCOMPANIED A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AS PROBLEMS STILL EXIST ON MANY HIGHWAYS. LESS TRAFFIC AND WARMING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED PROBLEMS TO IMPROVE SOME. THE ICY CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN SOME OF THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS..FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT UNTIL A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RBN WWUS35KPIT /
Local storm report, Jan 6, 11:38 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1138 PM EST FRI JAN 06 1995
TIME EVENT
1130 PM EST MOORE COUNTY 911 RECIEVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE
AND TREES DOWN.
1135 PM EST HOKE COUNTY 911 HAS RECIEVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
TREES DOWN ON THE HOKE COUNTY/MOORE COUNTY LINE.
KRCLocal storm report, Jan 6, 11:57 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1157 PM EST FRI JAN 06 1995
TIME EVENT
EST. TIME HOKE COUNTY 911 REPORTED VEHICLES THROWN AND TREES
1140 PM EST TREES DOWN IN THE RAEFORD AREA. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
MOBILE HOMES.
KRC
TREES DOWN ON THE HOKE COUNTY/MOORE COUNTY LINE.
KRCLocal storm report, Jan 6, 11:57 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1157 PM EST FRI JAN 06 1995
TIME EVENT
EST. TIME HOKE COUNTY 911 REPORTED VEHICLES THROWN AND TREES
1140 PM EST TREES DOWN IN THE RAEFORD AREA. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
MOBILE HOMES.
KRC
TREES DOWN ON THE HOKE COUNTY/MOORE COUNTY LINE.
KRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 11:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 66 min |
| Jan 6, 11:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 65 min |
| Jan 6, 11:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 48 min |
| Jan 7, 12:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| Jan 7, 12:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson | 52 min |
| Jan 7, 12:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 49 min |
| Jan 7, 12:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 54 min |
| Jan 7, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 47 min |
| Jan 7, 12:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 41 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.