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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 19, 1995Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1995, 10:41 AM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1995, 10:41 AM EDT (14:41 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1995, 11:04 AM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1665 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 191442
TORRDU
NCC191-191515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1041 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 1041 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH INDICATED A
TORNADO IN WAYNE COUNTY NEAR DUDLEY MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT NEARLY ALL OF WAYNE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT
HALF HOUR. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR GRATHAM EARLIER IN WAYNE COUNTY.
 
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW TO PROTECT THEIR
LIVES. GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET.
COVER YOUR HEAD. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES AND INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH.  REPORT DAMAGE
TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 5:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson39 min
May 19, 5:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford, Randolph40 min
May 19, 6:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Orange40 min
May 19, 6:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham39 min
May 19, 6:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Guilford, Randolph44 min
May 19, 6:35 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake40 min
May 19, 6:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance47 min
May 19, 7:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham38 min
May 19, 7:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRandolph47 min
May 19, 7:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Vance51 min
May 19, 7:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham31 min
May 19, 8:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Wake41 min
May 19, 9:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHScotland38 min
May 19, 9:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland26 min
May 19, 10:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson38 min
May 19, 10:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne39 min
May 19, 10:28 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHSampson, Wayne32 min
May 19, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHStanly51 min
May 19, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery28 min
May 19, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore47 min
May 19, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke35 min
May 19, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke32 min
May 19, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland54 min
May 19, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRichmond27 min
May 19, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.