Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1995, 8:43 PM EDT for Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1995, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 120047 TORRDU NCC151-120115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 843 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...RANDOLPH COUNTY AT 843 PM SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF ASHEBORO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. NOISE LIKE A ROARING TRAIN MAY BE YOUR ONLY CLUE OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO. GO TO A STURDY SHELTER NOW, IN THE CENTER OF THE LOWEST LEVEL, AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. IF DAMAGE OCCURS, AVOID WALKING AROUND IN THE DARK. DOWNED POWER LINES AND DEBRIS CAN INJURE YOU. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 11, 7:46 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
NCZ073-120045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 742 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 AT 740 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM CABARRUS COUNTY INTO STANLY COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES TO THE WEST OF ALBEMARLE. A SPOTTER HAD REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM IN EASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY AT 735 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FOR DETAILS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS THUNDERSFTORM. JWC &
Local storm report, May 11, 8:05 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
804 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995
TIME EVENT
800 PM WAYNE COUNTY. PILOT REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOUR
MILES NORTHEA^ST OF SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE.
GIHSpecial weather statement, May 11, 8:07 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
NCZ078-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 803 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED 4 MILES NORTH OF SEYNOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE NEAR GOLDSBORO AT 800 PM BY AN AIR FORCE PILOT. THE STORM IS JUST 3 MILES JUST NORTH OF GOLDSBORO. A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM. IF IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A VEjRY DANGEROUS STORM. JWC &
Local storm report, May 11, 8:10 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
809 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995
TIME EVENT
705 PM GRANVILLE COUNTY. POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN JUST
SOUTHEAST OF CREEDMpOOR. REPORTED BY CREEDMOOR POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
GIHSpecial weather statement, May 11, 8:19 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
NCCALL-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 816 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 537 CANCELLED.. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 357. THE COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH AREA ARE: ...ALAMANCE...GUILFORD...DAVIDSON...FORSYTH... THE REST OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE STILL INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: IN THE COASTAL AREA... ...BEAUFORT...CAMDEN...CHOWAN...DARE...HYDE...PASQUOTANK... PERQUIMANS...TYRRELL...WASHINGTON...CARTERET...ONSLOW...PAMLICO... CRAVEN...JONES...CURRITUCK... AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ...DARE...HYDE...CARTERET...ONSLOW IN THE COASTAL PLAINS... ...GATES...BERTIE...EDGECOMBE...GREENE...HALIFAX...HERTFORD...JOHNSTON ...LENOIR...MARTIN...HASH...NORTHAMPTON...PITT...WAYNE...WILSON... CUMBERLAND...DUPLIN...HARNETT...HOKE...LEE...MOORE...SAMPSON... SCOTLAND...RICHMOND... IN THE PIEDMONT... ...CHATHAM...DURHAM...FRANKLIN...GRANVILLE...ORANGE...VANCE...WAKE... WARREN...DAVIE...RANDOLPH...ROWAN...ANSON...MONTGOMERY...STANLY... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND SEVERAL HAVE A HISTORY OF HAIL AND TORNADOES. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY MEASURES SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIvBLE WARNINGS. DELGADO
Special weather statement, May 11, 8:21 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
NCZ037-057-120045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 820 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT ... AT 818 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOCKSVILLE...AND OVER HIGH ROCK AND HIGH ROCK LAKE IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE FARMINGTON AREA NORTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTY AND THE HIGH ROCK LAKE VICINITY IN SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT 835 PM. DURING THIS TIME...EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL IN THESE AREAS. ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM TO PRODUCE TORNADOS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 27 min |
| May 12, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 33 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.