Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1995, 12:11 PM EDT for Johnston County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1995, 12:11 PM EDT (16:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1995, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnston County, NC, Wake County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 121612 RRA SVRRDU NCC101-183-121645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1211 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY AT 1210 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY NEAR THE WAKE COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAG4ING 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. 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 12, 6:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
NCZ027-040-043-075-076-077-085-086-084-121200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 655 AM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 650 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SANDHILLS AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER RICHMOND...SCOTLAND...HOKE...CHATHAM AND NASH COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSJ
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:47 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
NCZ011-025-026-027-040-041-042-043-075-076-077-085-086-088-121245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 747 AM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 745 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN SOUTHWEST INTO THE SANDHILLS. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER MOORE...LEE...CHATHAM...AND NASH COUNTIES. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO NOTED MOVING OUT OF LEE AND HARNETT COUNTIES INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WAKE AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSJ
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
NCZ007>011-023>028-040-041-043-076>078-088-089-121600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1005 AM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... AT 10 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS...SANDHILLS...AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR RALEIGH...IN PORTIONS OF PERSON AND HOKE COUNTIES...AND ALONG I-95 BETWEEN SMITHFILED AND FAYETTEVILE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM RALEIGH-FAYETTEVILLE EAST...AND PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THE REST OF THE DAY. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. JBM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
NCZ007>011-023>028-040-041-043-076>078-088-089-121600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1005 AM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... AT 10 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS...SANDHILLS...AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR RALEIGH...IN PORTIONS OF PERSON AND HOKE COUNTIES...AND ALONG I-95 BETWEEN SMITHFILED AND FAYETTEVILE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM RALEIGH-FAYETTEVILLE EAST...AND PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THE REST OF THE DAY. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. JBM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 31 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.