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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

January 7, 1995Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 1995, 12:26 AM EST for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 1995, 12:26 AM EST (05:26 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 1995, 1:15 AM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Sampson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 370 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 070527
TORRDU
NCC163-070615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1226 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SAMPSON COUNTY
 
 
 
AT 1225 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN RALEIGH
SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ON THE SAMPSON-BLADEN COUNTY LINE.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARLAND.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING IS MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 50 MPH.
 
 
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW TO PROTECT THEIR
LIVES. GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...A SMALL INTERnIOR 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 11:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland66 min
Jan 6, 11:40 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHCumberland, Hoke65 min
Jan 6, 11:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett48 min
Jan 7, 12:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake40 min
Jan 7, 12:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson52 min
Jan 7, 12:36 AM ESTTornado WarningRAHWayne54 min
Jan 7, 12:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash, Wilson47 min
Jan 7, 12:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax41 min
Jan 7, 1:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNorthampton42 min

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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.