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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 10, 1995Forsyth County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 8:09 PM EDT for Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 8:29 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Forsyth County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1222 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
1222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 110010
TORRDU
NCC067-110045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
809 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...FORSYTH COUNTY
 
AT 808 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR HANES MALL IN WINSTON-SALEM. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS IN THE VICINITY
OF WALKERTOWN AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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.
 
 
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&
 
KRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford29 min
May 10, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Granville36 min
May 10, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin25 min
May 11, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDavidson37 min
May 11, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham33 min
May 11, 6:11 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDurham, Granville34 min
May 11, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance35 min
May 11, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston26 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.