Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1995, 2:14 PM EDT for Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Moore County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 031816 TORRDU NCC125-031900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 214 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...MOORE COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONITNUES TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM IS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF CARTHAGE AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OF BASEBALL SIZE HAIL FROM THIS STORM HAVE BEEN REPORTED. FLOODING OF SOME ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. 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. THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN DRAINAGES IN ADDITION TO WIND AND HAIL. MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND FLOODED UNDERPASSES. AVOID DRIVING ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADS. WATER TWO FEET DEEP CAN LIFT MOST CARS. REPORT FLOODING OR DAMAGE TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.
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
Local storm report, Jul 3, 1:33 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
133 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1995
TIME EVENT
133 PM EDT MOORE COUNTY...2 WEST OF ROBBINS...SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...POSSIBLE TORNADO...LOAD ROARING WIND NOISE...
BUT NO FUNNEL SEEN BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN.
JBPLocal storm report, Jul 3, 1:37 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
133 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1995
TIME EVENT
133 PM EDT MOORE COUNTY...2 WEST OF ROBBINS...SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.N..POSSIBLE TORNADO...LOAD ROARING WIND NOISE...
BUT NO FUNNEL SEEN BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN.
JBPLocal storm report, Jul 3, 1:43 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED ...TYPO...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
143 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1995
TIME EVENT
133 PM EDT MOORE COUNTY...2 WEST OF ROBBINS...SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...POSSIBLE TORNADO...LOUD ROARING WIND NOISE...
BUT NO FUNNEL SEEN BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN.
JBPLocal storm report, Jul 3, 1:44 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED ...TYPO...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
143 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1995
TIME EVENT
133 PM EDT MOORE COUNTY...2 WEST OF ROBBINS...SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTERf
SIZE HAIL...POSSIBLE TORNADO...LOUD ROARING WIND NOISE...
BUT NO FUNNEL SEEN BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN.
JBPLocal storm report, Jul 3, 2:00 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 200 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1995 TIME EVENT 155 PM EDT MOORE COUNTY...ROBBINS AREA...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. JBP
Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:01 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 200 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1995 TIME EVENT 155 PM EDT MOORE COUNTY...ROBBINS AREA...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. JBP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 11:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore, Randolph | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 42 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.