Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1995, 9:01 PM EST for Montgomery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1995, 9:01 PM EST (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1995, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 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 200203 RRA SVRRDU NCC075-123-200230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 901 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ...WESTERN MOORE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF CANDOR IN EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM WILL EXPERIENCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. 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.
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, Jan 19, 4:27 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
NCZALL-200500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 427 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 ...A VARIETY OF WEATHER ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND INTO NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO THE OLD NORTH STATE. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS LATER TONIGHT. IN THE MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS FRIDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS ON FRIDAY AS WELL...BUT WITH NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 50 MPH IN SOME MOUNTAIN AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND COULD UPROOT SOME TREES DUE TO THE VERY SOGGY CONDITIONS THERE. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ON FRIDAY COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR SOUND-SIDE FLOODING ON THE OUTER BANKS AS WELL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES..ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS. JBM
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 4:31 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
NCZALL-200500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 427 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 ...A VARIETY OF WEATHER ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND INTO NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO THE OLD NORTH STATE. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS LATER TONIGHT. IN THE MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS FRIDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS ON FRIDAY AS WELL...BUT WITH NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 50 MPH IN SOME MOUNTAIN AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND COULD UPROOT SOME TREES DUE TO THE VERY SOGGY CONDITIONS THERE. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ON FRIDAY COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR SOUND-SIDE FLOODING ON THE OUTER BANKS AS WELL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES..ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS. JBM
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 7:44 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NCZ035-020-036-037-057-200145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 744 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 ...FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING FROM THE FOOTHILLS INTO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 740 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HICKORY AREA THAT WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. PERSONS IN ALEXANDER..IREDELL..ROWAN..DAVIE AND YADKIN COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE COVER IF STORMS APPROACH. STAY UNDER COVER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS WELL EAST OF YOUR AREA. RBN
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 7:45 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
NCZ035-020-036-037-057-200145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 744 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 ...FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING FROM THE FOOTHILLS INTO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 740 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HICKORY AREA THAT WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. PERSONS IN ALEXANDER..IREDELL..ROWAN..DAVIE AND YADKIN COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE COVER IF STORMS APPROACH. STAY UNDER COVER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS WELL EAST OF YOUR AREA. RBN
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 8:39 PM EST, 22 minutes before
NCZ020-036-037-057-200245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 839 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 835 PM THE STORMS IN IREDELL COUNTY STRETCHED ALONG AND JUST EAST OF I-77 FROM NORTH OF STATESVILLE THROUGH THE MOORESVILLE AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. IREDELL COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. SOME PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE TROUTMAN AREA NEAR LAKE NORMAN. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST THROUGH IREDELL COUNTY AND INTO EASTERN YADKIN..DAVIE AND ROWAN COUNTIES EARLY THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE COVER IF STORMS APPROACH AND STAY UNDER COVER UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE WELL OFF TO THE EAST. RBN
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 8:40 PM EST, 21 minutes before
NCZ020-036-037-057-200245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 839 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 835 PM THE STORMS IN IREDELL COUNTY STRETCHED ALONG AND JUST EAST OF I-77 FROM NORTH OF STATESVILLE THROUGH THE MOORESVILLE AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. IREDELL COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. SOME PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE TROUTMAN AREA NEAR LAKE NORMAN. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST THROUGH IREDELL COUNTY AND INTO EASTERN YADKIN..DAVIE AND ROWAN COUNTIES EARLY THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE COVER IF STORMS APPROACH AND STAY UNDER COVER UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE WELL OFF TO THE EAST. RBN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 9:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Graham | 29 min |
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.