Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 5:58 PM EDT for Davidson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1995, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Davidson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 092159 SVRRDU NCC057-092230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 558 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 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 ...NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AT 555 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY NEAR MIDWAY. MARBLE-SIZED HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AND LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM. 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. MLM
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 9, 3:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
NCZ035-036-037-057-092010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALEXANDER - IREDELL - ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 307 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OVER MOST OF ALEXANDER COUNTY AND OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF IREDELL COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA.. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF ALEXANDER...IREDELL...ROWAN AND DAVIE UNTIL 900 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN ANY OF THESE COUNTIES...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS INTO THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION... SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THUNDERSTORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SR
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
NCZ035-036-037-057-092010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALEXANDER - IREDELL - ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 307 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OVER MOST OF ALEXANDER COUNTY AND OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF IREDELL COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA.. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF ALEXANDER...IREDELL...ROWAN AND DAVIE UNTIL 900 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN ANY OF THESE COUNTIES...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS INTO THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION... SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THUNDERSTORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SR
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:10 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
NCZ010-011-092215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 510 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995 AT 5 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER WARREN..HALIFAX..AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AS WELL. DUE TO THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND POSSIBLY STREAMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THIS EVENING. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO/TV FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND ADDTIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:15 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
NCZ010-011-092215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 510 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995 AT 5 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER WARREN..HALIFAX..AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AS WELL. DUE TO THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND POSSIBLY STREAMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THIS EVENING. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO/TV FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND ADDTIONAL WEATdHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 8:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 23 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.