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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 11, 1995Durham County, Granville County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1995, 6:11 PM EDT for Durham County, Granville County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1995, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Durham County, NC, Granville County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 1995-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 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 1995-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 112215
TORRDU
NCC063-077-112245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
611 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY...SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY
 
AT 610 PM EMERGENCY 911 REPORTED A TORNADO IN NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY IN
THE VICINITY OF OLD OXFORD HIGHWAY AND STAGGSVILLE ROAD MOVING EAST AT
30 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.
 
 
KRC
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:09 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHForsyth20 min
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, 6:40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.