Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 1995, 7:18 PM EDT for Vance County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1995, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vance County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | Henderson, NC | A tornado first touched down 4 W of Henderson near Interstate 85. The storm moved north and crossed Interstate 85. Sporadic damage occurred to mostly pine trees around the Ruin Creek Road area until the storm hit the Camperland business sales lot. Here, 25 RV' |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 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 272319 TORRDU NCC181-272345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 718 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 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 NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...VANCE COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO NEAR INTERSTATE 85 FOUR MILES WEST OF HENDERSON NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER 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
Local storm report, Oct 27, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
617 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615PM HILLSBORO NC 0.75 INCH HAIL
ORANGE LOCATION BETWEEN HBORO
EFLAND TO WESTLocal storm report, Oct 27, 6:19 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
617 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615PM HILLSBORO T NC 0.75 INCH HAIL
ORANGE LOCATION BETWEEN HBORO
EFLAND TO WESTLocal storm report, Oct 27, 6:27 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
627 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
525PM NEAR JULIAN NC BROAD SWATH OF WIND
SE GUILFORD CO DAMAGE...TREES/POWER
LINES DOWN.Local storm report, Oct 27, 6:28 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
627 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
525PM NEAR JULIAN NC BROAD SWATH OF WIND
SE GUILFORD CO DAMAGE...TREES/POWER
LINES DOWN.
\Local storm report, Oct 27, 6:52 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
652 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
530PM NEAR JULIAN NC SILVER DOLLAR SIZED
SE GUILFORD CO HAIL
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3U^WSUSLocal storm report, Oct 27, 6:53 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
652 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
530PM NEAR JULIAN NC SILVER DOLLAR SIZED
SE GUILFORD CO HAILThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 30 min |
| Oct 27, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 41 min |
| Oct 27, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 39 min |
| Oct 27, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 31 min |
| Oct 27, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 33 min |
| Oct 27, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 28 min |
| Oct 27, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance | 9 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.