Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1995, 7:14 PM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1995, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Halifax County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 122315 TORRDU NCC083-122345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 714 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...HALIFAX COUNTY AT 714 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 903 NEAR HALIFAX IN HALIFAX COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD WELDON AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. &
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 12, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
NCC069-077-083-145-181-185-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 551 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 550 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA OVER GRANVILLE AND WARREN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN CASE WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED. REPORT DAMAGE TO LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MLM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
NCC069-077-083-145-181-185-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 551 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 550 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA OVER GRANVILLE AND WARREN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF TrHREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN CASE WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED. REPORT DAMAGE TO LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MLM
Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
605 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995
TIME EVENT
448 PM EDT STANLY COUNTY...MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN LOCUST. REPORTED
BY POLICE.
518 PM EDT HOKE COUNTY...DIME SIZED HAIL IN RAEFORD. REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.
522 PM EDT SCOTLAND COUNTY...MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN LAURINBURG.
536 PM EDT CUMBERLAND COUNTY...QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN FAYETTEVILLE.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
550 PM EDT SAMPSON COUNTY...QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN NEWTON GROVE.
HAIL 1 INCH DEEP ON GROUND. 30 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
607 PM EDT WAKE COUNTY...PEA SIZED HAIL IN KNIGHTDALE.Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
605 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995
TIME EVENT
448 PM EDT STANLY COUNTY...MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN LOCUST. REPORTED
BY POLICE.
518 PM EDT HOKE COUNTY...DIME SIZED HAIL IN RAEFORD. REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.
522 PM EDT SCOTLAND COUNTY...MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN LAURINBURG.
536 PM EDT CUMBERLAND COUNTY...QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN FAYETTEVILLE.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
550 PM EDT SAMPSON COUNTY...QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN NEWTON GROVE.
HAIL 1 INCH DEEP ON GROUND. 30 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
607 PM EDT WAKE COUNTY...PEA SIZED HAIL IN KNIGHTDALE.Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:57 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
NCZ076-077-130000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 657 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 657 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE LEE COUNTY HARNETT COUNTY BORDER. SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF BROADWAY IN LEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JWC &
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:58 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
NCZ076-077-130000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 657 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 AT 657 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE LEE COUNTY HARNETT COUNTY BORDER. SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF BROADWAY IN LEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JWC &
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, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 48 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 |
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.