Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1995, 8:37 AM EDT for Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1995, 8:37 AM EDT (12:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1995, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chatham County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 051238 TORRDU NCC037-051315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 837 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY AT 837 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSBORO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. TORNADOES FROM HURRICANES OR TROPICAL STORMS USUALLY FORM QUICKLY, MOVE RAPIDLY, AND CAN OCCUR REPEATEDLY FROM THE SAME BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. IF THIS WARNING AFFECTS YOUR AREA AND vYOU HEAR ROARING THUNDER...TAKE COVER UNTIL IT PASSES. 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, Oct 5, 5:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-051200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 530 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TIL NOON... AT 525 AM...ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA....BUT A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING UP OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE BETWEEN CHARLOTTE AND CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS BY 7 AM. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS AND STORMS AND MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...BUT THE FAST MOVEMENT SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL ISOLATED TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED FOR LATERS STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JBM
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NCZ075-076-077-085-086-088-022-039-074-084-021-038-051300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 658 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TIL NOON... AT 655 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR GREENSBORO THROUGH LAURINBURG TO MYRTLE BEACH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH AND WERE POTENTIALLY SEVERE WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN SMALL TORNADOES. PERSONS IN SCOTLAND...RICHMOND...MOORE...MONTGOMERY...HOKE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JBM
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NCZ075-076-077-085-086-088-022-039-074-084-021-038-051300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 658 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TIL NOON... AT 655 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR GREENSBORO THROUGH LAURINBURG TO MYRTLE BEACH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH AND WERE POTENTIALLY SEVERE WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN SMALL TORNADOES. PERSONS IN SCOTLAND...RICHMOND...MOORE...MONTGOMERY...HOKE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JBM
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 7:58 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
NCZALL-051300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 758 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT UNTIL 1200 PM AND FOR THE EASTERN PIEDMONT UNTIL 200 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TODAY... AT 800 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM VIRGINIA NEAR DANVILLE SOUTH ACROSS DURHAM AND FAYETTEVILLE INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE AND WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL RANGING BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THIS MORNING AS WELL AS AGGRAVATING ANY PRE-EXISTING FLOODING. COMMUTERS ARE ADVISE TO BE ALERT FOR STANDING WATER AND FLOODING STREAMS THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNING. REPORT ANY DAMAGE OR FLOODING PROMPTLY TO LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MLM
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 7:59 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
NCZALL-051300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 758 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT UNTIL 1200 PM AND FOR THE EASTERN PIEDMONT UNTIL 200 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TODAY... AT 800 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM VIRGINIA NEAR DANVILLE SOUTH ACROSS DURHAM AND FAYETTEVILLE INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE AND WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL RANGING BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THIS MORNING AS WELL AS AGGRAVATING ANY PRE-EXISTING FLOODING. COMMUTERS ARE ADVISE TO BE ALERT FOR STANDING WATER AND FLOODING STREAMS THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNING. REPORT ANY DAMAGE OR FLOODING PROMPTLY TO LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 6:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 8:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 39 min |
| Oct 5, 9:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 39 min |
| Oct 5, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 26 min |
| Oct 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 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.