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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 7, 1995Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 5:26 PM EST for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 5:26 PM EST (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 6:00 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Sampson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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 12:00Z on 1995-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
448 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 072227
TORRDU
NCC163-072300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
526 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR HAS DETECTED A TORNADO IN BLADEN COUNTY AT 530 PM.
THE TORNADO WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF SAMPSON COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THE STORM WILL BE AFFECTED THE CITIES OF TOM
AAND HARRELLS. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. NOISE LIKE A
ROARING TRAIN MAY BE YOUR ONLY CLUE OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO. GO
TO A STURDY SHELTER NOW, IN THE CENTER OF THE LOWEST LEVEL, AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.  IF DAMAGE OCCURS, AVOID WALKING
AROUND IN THE DARK. DOWNED POWER LINES AND DEBRIS CAN INJURE YOU.
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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.