Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 8, 1995Durham County, Orange County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 9:31 PM EDT for Durham County, Orange County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Durham County, NC, Orange County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2013 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2013 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KRDU 090131 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC063-135-090200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
931 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...DURHAM COUNTY...WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM IN
WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY TWO MILES WEST OF THE DURHAM COUNTY BORDER IN THE
VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 85. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CITY OF DURHAM SHORTLY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN
HOUR...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
 
RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
 
 


ATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
$$

C... A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 1 3/4 IN. EXTRM TURBC
AND SFC WND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CBS WITH MAX TOPS TO 480. MEAN
WIND VECTOR 22030.

D... TSTMS ORIGINATING INVOF DRYLN/FNT INTERSECTION IN NRN TX PNHDL
HAVE BECOME ORIENTED PERPENDICULAR TO 45KT MID-LVL FLOW. COMBINED
WITH PRESENCE OF STEEP LAPSE RATES ABV SHALLOW COOL LYR AT THE
SFC...CONDS APPEAR FVRBL FOR BOW-ECHO DVLPMT ENEWD ACRS SE KS LTR
THIS EVENING.

E...OTR TSTMS... CONT...WW 581..WW 582..WW 583..WW 584..WW 585..WW
586..WW 587.. WW 588..

...CORFIDI

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, 4 hours 16 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, 4 hours 14 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
NCZ022-039-021-038-090045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
749 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WINSTON-SALEM...

AT 745 PM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD WINSTON-SALEM IN
FORSYTH COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND
WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN DAVIDSON AND SOUTHWEST GUILFORD COUNTY BY 815
PM.

RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS WILL EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE FORSYTH COUNTY AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR
POSSIBLE FURTHER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin32 min
Jun 8, 8:53 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHPerson37 min
Jun 8, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Vance31 min
Jun 8, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville36 min
Jun 8, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Wake35 min
Jun 8, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash29 min
Jun 8, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston38 min
Jun 8, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson23 min
Jun 9, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson32 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.