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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 8, 1995Randolph County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 6:05 PM EDT for Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 374 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 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1316 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 082204 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC151-082230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
605 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER NORTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR LEVEL CROSS. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.
 
 
PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN POSE A DANGER WITH ANY
THUNDERfSTORM.  SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT DAMAGE TO
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
GIH

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, Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
NCZ007-082215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH-DURHAM NC
515 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995

AT 510 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF WOODSDALE. THE STORMS IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION
OF PERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 515 PM AND 600 PM.

THIS STORM WILL CAUSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.
SGY
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:17 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
NCZ007-082215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH-DURHAM NC
515 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995

AT 510 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF WOODSDALE. THE STORMS IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION
OF PERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 515 PM AND 600 PM.

THIS STORM WILL CAUSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...A*ND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.
SGY

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.