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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 10, 1995Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 10:24 PM EDT for Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 1995, 10:24 PM EDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Chatham County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 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 
WUUS1 KRDU 110224 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC037-110300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1024 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...EASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY
 
AT 1025 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN CHATHAM
COUNTY 3 MILES SOUTH OF CHAPEL HILL. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH
AND THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS JORDAN LAKE WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
 
 
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.
 
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 10, 8:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

NCZ007-008-009-010-024-025-026-040-041-075-076-085-086-023-022-
074-084-021-073-083-110215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
818 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GREENSBORO MOVING TOWARDS BURLINGTON...WILL
APPROACH THE TRIANGLE AREA BY 9 PM...

AT 815 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST NORTH OF GREENSBORO IN GUILFORD COUNTY
NORTHEAST INTO CASWELL COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO BURLINGTON BY 830 PM...AND INTO PERSON AND ORANGE
COUNTIES BY 9 PM. THEY MAY AFFECT DURHAM AND RALEIGH BY 10 PM.

OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN STANLY AND ANSON COUNTIES...ALSO MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED SINCE 730 PM AND WILL
MOVE INTO MONTGOMERY AND RICHMOND COUNTIES BY 9 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN EXCESS OF
2 INCHES IN AN HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS...AS WELL AS DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

JBM

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

NCZ007-008-009-110145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
836 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED IN PERSON COUNTY...

AT 835 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR HYCO LAKE IN NORTHWEST PERSON COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PERSON COUNTY INTO GRANVILLE COUNTY BY 930
PM...ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR THIS STORM
SHORTLY...STAY TUNED.

JBM

Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
920 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME           EVENT
915 PM EDT     PERSON COUNTY...DIME-SIZE HAIL NEAR WOODSDALE...MINOR
               FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 501 NEAR ROXBORO. REPORTED BY
               PERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT.

JBM

Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:54 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
954 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME           EVENT
940 PM EDT     ORANGE COUNTY...TREES DOWN NEAR HILLSBOROUGH AND
               ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF CHAPEL HILL.  REPORTED BY
               ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT.

JBM

Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:58 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
954 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME           EVENT
940 PM EDT     ORANGE COUNTY...TREES DOWN NEAR HILLSBOROUGH AND
               ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF CHAPEL HILL.  REPORTED BY
               ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT.

JBM

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:20 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

NCC001-037-063-069-135-145-181-183-185-110315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1020 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

AT 1015 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A RAGGED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHCENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS STRETCHED FROM WARREN COUNTY
SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN DURHAM AND NORTHERN WAKE COUNTIES. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE
RALEIGH AREA AROUND 1030 PM.

THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED REPORTS OF TREE DAMAGE IN THE CHAPEL
HILL AREA. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL MAY BE
EXPECTED. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO
LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN CASE WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED.

MLM

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	48 min
Jun 10, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Orange	34 min
Jun 11, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery	53 min
Jun 11, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	44 min
Jun 11, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	46 min
Jun 11, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1995 Every 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.