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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 8, 1995Person County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 8:53 PM EDT for Person County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Person County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2013 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2013 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 090053
TORRDU
NCC145-090130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
853 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN PERSON COUNTY
 
AT 852 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST
PERSON COUNTY NEAR HESTER'S STORE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSON COUNTY HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A TORNADO ON
THE GROUND AT 952 PM.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
NCZ007-082215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH-DURHAM NC
515 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995

AT 510 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF WOODSDALE. THE STORMS IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION
OF PERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 515 PM AND 600 PM.

THIS STORM WILL CAUSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.
SGY
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
NCZ007-082215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH-DURHAM NC
515 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995

AT 510 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF WOODSDALE. THE STORMS IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION
OF PERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 515 PM AND 600 PM.

THIS STORM WILL CAUSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...A*ND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.
SGY
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NCZ022-039-021-038-090045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
749 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WINSTON-SALEM...

AT 745 PM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD WINSTON-SALEM IN
FORSYTH COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND
WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN DAVIDSON AND SOUTHWEST GUILFORD COUNTY BY 815
PM.

RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS WILL EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE FORSYTH COUNTY AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR
POSSIBLE FURTHER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin32 min
Jun 8, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Vance31 min
Jun 8, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville36 min
Jun 8, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Orange29 min
Jun 8, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Wake35 min
Jun 8, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash29 min
Jun 8, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston38 min
Jun 8, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson23 min
Jun 9, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.