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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 8, 1995Chatham County, Durham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1995, 2:44 PM EST for Chatham County, Durham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 1995, 2:44 PM EST (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1995, 3:15 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chatham County, NC, Durham County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-03-08Temperature 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 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
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 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 081943
TORRDU
NCC037-063-082015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
244 PM EST WED MAR 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN DURHAM COUNTY
 
AT 245 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INIDICATES A
POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER JORDAN LAKE IN NORTHEAST CHATHAM COUNTY MOVING
NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN, HAZE, LOW
CLOUDS AND TREES. OFTEN YOUR ONLY WARNING MAY BE A LOUD ROARING
SOUND AND FLYING DEBRIS. BUT THAT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!
WHEN SAFE TO DO SO, REPORT DAMAGES TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS PROMPTLY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 1:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Wilson44 min
Mar 8, 3:29 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHGranville31 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.