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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC

October 5, 1995Johnston County, Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1995, 9:51 AM EDT for Johnston County, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 1995, 9:51 AM EDT (13:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 1995, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnston County, NC, Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1599 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 051352
TORRDU
NCC101-191-051430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
951 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...EASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY...WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 950 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO IN NORTHEAST SAMPSON COUNTY
MOVING NORTH ABOUT 40 MPH. TREE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHERN
SAMPSON COUNTY WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
TORNADOES FROM HURRICANES OR TROPICAL STORMS USUALLY FORM QUICKLY,
MOVE RAPIDLY, AND CAN OCCUR REPEATEDLY FROM THE SAME BAND OF STRONG
THUNDJERSTORMS.  IF THIS WARNING AFFECTS YOUR AREA AND YOU HEAR
ROARING THUNDER...TAKE COVER UNTIL IT PASSES.  REPORT DAMAGE TO
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 6:05 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHAnson25 min
Oct 5, 8:37 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHChatham38 min
Oct 5, 8:51 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHOrange39 min
Oct 5, 5:20 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Wake25 min
Oct 5, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake26 min
Oct 5, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Wake42 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.