Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1996, 7:39 AM EST for Durham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1996, 7:39 AM EST (12:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1996, 8:15 AM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Durham County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 7:58 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Durham, NC | |
| Jan 19, 7:58 AM EST | Hail 0.75 | Durham, NC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRDU 191241 RRA SVRRDU NCC063-191315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 739 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...DURHAM COUNTY AT 738 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS MOVING INTO DURHAM COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STORMS MOVING EAST NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR... WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR. TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. DOWNBURST WINDS FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN SOMETIMES REACH 100 MPH. A POWERFUL DOWNBURST CAN BE AS BAD AS A TORNADO. THESE WINDS DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...OVERTURN MOBILE HOMES...AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT DAMAGES PROMPTLY TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 19, 6:18 AM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
618 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600AM DAVIDSON COUNTY NC TREES BLOWN DOWN
SEVERAL LOCATIONSLocal storm report, Jan 19, 6:19 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
618 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600AM DAVIDSON COUNTY NC TREES BLOWN DOWN
SEVERAL LOCATIONSLocal storm report, Jan 19, 6:56 AM EST, 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
656 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630AM GUILFORD COUNTY NC TREES BLOWN DOWN
SEVERAL LOCATIONSLocal storm report, Jan 19, 7:03 AM EST, 36 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
703 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 AM SEVERAL LOCATIONS NC TREES BLOWN DOWN
RANDOLPH COUNTY
630 AM SEVERAL LOCATIONS NC TREES BLOWN DOWN
NW MONTGOMERY COUNTY
RFGLocal storm report, Jan 19, 7:06 AM EST, 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
703 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 AM SEVERAL LOCAT<IONS NC TREES BLOWN DOWN
RANDOLPH COUNTY
630 AM SEVERAL LOCATIONS NC TREES BLOWN DOWN
NW MONTGOMERY COUNTY
RFGLocal storm report, Jan 19, 7:22 AM EST, 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
722 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
709 AM SEVERAL LOCATIONS NC TREES BLOWN DOWN
ALAMANCE COUNTY
PWBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 5:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 37 min |
| Jan 19, 6:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph | 26 min |
| Jan 19, 6:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 11 min |
| Jan 19, 6:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 11 min |
| Jan 19, 6:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 37 min |
| Jan 19, 7:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Orange | 32 min |
| Jan 19, 7:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 32 min |
| Jan 19, 7:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 34 min |
| Jan 19, 8:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 26 min |
| Jan 19, 8:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 16 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.