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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 12, 1995Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1995, 1:12 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 1995, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Sampson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 1122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 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 
TTAA00 KRDU 121714 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC163-121800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
112 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SAMPSON COUNTY
 
AT 112 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY...JUST NORTHWEST OF CLINTON. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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.

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, 7:47 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 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, 3 hours 7 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, 3 hours 2 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

Local storm report, Jun 12, 12:22 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1222 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995

TIME           EVENT
 1217 PM EDT   JOHNSTON COUNTY. GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL IN CLAYTON.
               REPORTED BY TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST.

GIH

Local storm report, Jun 12, 12:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1222 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995

TIME           EVENT
 1217 PM EDT   JOHNSTON COUNTY. GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL IN CLAYTON.
               REPORTED BY TELEVISIVON METEOROLOGIST.

GIH

Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:01 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
100 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995

TIME           EVENT
 1250 PM EDT   HALIFAX COUNTY. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST OUTSIDE ENFIELD.
               REPORTED BY ENFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

GIH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 12:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	34 min
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, 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, 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.