Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1995, 11:12 PM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 1995, 11:12 PM EDT (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1995, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 565 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 020314 TORRDU NCC007-020400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1112 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...ANSON COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE ANSON AND UNION COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGE IN UNION COUNTY BETWEEN 1030 PM AND 1100 PM. THE STORM IS TRAVELLING ALONG AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 74. 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
Special weather statement, May 1, 9:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
NCZ057-020545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 940 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR ROWAN COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 920 PM EDT..THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTY OF ROWAN. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER GROUPS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY STORM INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ALL PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY DAMAGING WEATHER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATH~ER. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MEC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 41 min |
| May 1, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 26 min |
| May 2, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 35 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.