Alert archive / New Hampshire / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1986, 4:40 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1986, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1986, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 3601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KCON 082038 TORCON NHC011-082145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 440 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH AT 440 PM RADAR INDICATED...A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER JUST SOUTH OF NASHUA. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS ERRATIC AND SHOWS SIGNS OF MOVING EAST NORTHEAST TOWARD THE NASHUA AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. GO TO A BASEMENT OR A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES AND GO TO A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT..INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IS THE SAFEST PLACE IN MOST BUILDINGS. TURNER/MWSO CON
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, Aug 8, 2:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND, ME 206 PM EDT FRI AUG 08 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR SOUTHERN MAINE... AT 2PM A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ANDROSCOGGIN..CUMBERLAND.. SOUTHWEST KENNEBEC (INCLUDING AUGUSTA)..SOUTHERN OXFORD AND YORK COUNTIES OVER SOUTHERN MAINE. DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN MAINE HAVE BECOME FAVORABLE FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE WATCH AREA IN MAINE. AT 140 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE..VERMONT AND NEW YORK. THESE STORMS WERE STILL IN THEIR EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT SO NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES AND ALONG THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR ANY RAPIDLY APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 4PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ..MARINE..
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD,NH 200 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 200 PM UNTIL 900 PM THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ADJACENT WATERS. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY HAD FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS WEEK. CAMPERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OR RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS. MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO DRIVE INTO WATER ON HIGHWAYS. THE WATER COULD BE A LOT DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. END/MCCALL
Local storm report, Aug 8, 2:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME
230 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 1986
REPORT ON SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS IN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
ON AUGUST 7 1986
515 PM EDT..........TORNADO..MANY LARGE TREES DOWN WITH ROOF AND WINDOW
DAMAGE AT SOUTH EFFINGHAM/CARROLL COUNTY NH.
515 PM EDT..........TORNADO..MANY LARGE TREES DOWN..EXTENSIVE HOUSE AND
VEHICULAR DAMAGE..A BARN BLOWN AWAY..AT LAST $5000
IN CROP DAMAGE AT ONE FARM..AT PARSONSFIELD/YORK
COUNTY ME.
520 PM EDT..........TORNADO..MANY LARGE TREES DOWN..BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF
..ROOF DAMAGE TO HOUSE..AT SHAPLEIGH/YORK COUNTY ME
NOTE...THE SOUTH EFFINGHAM NH AND PARSONSFIELD ME TORNADOES WERE THE
SAME STORM. IT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE EAST SHORE OF PROVINCE LAKE
IN SOUTH EFFINGHAM..ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE ME STATE
LINE. IT THEN TRAVELED ABOUT 1 3/4 MILES IN ME .
END. VOLLKOMMER/NWSFO PORTLAND ME.Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD,NH 300 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ADJACENT WATERS. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY HAD FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS WEEK. AT 245PM RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF CHESIRE COUNTY. KEENE MUTUAL AID REPORTS HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL IN WINCHESTER (SOUTH OF KEENE). THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEST AT 30MPH. MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO DRIVE INTO WATER ON HIGHWAYS. THE WATER COULD BE A LOT DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. END/MCCALL
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:48 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND, ME 332 PM EDT FRI AUG 08 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR SOUTHERN MAINE... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR..ANDROSCOGGIN..CUMBERLAND.. SOUTHWEST KENNEBEC (INCLUDING AUGUSTA)..SOUTHERN OXFORD AND YORK COUNTIES OVER SOUTHERN MAINE UNTIL 9 PM EDT. TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 330 PM NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY RADAR OVER THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF MAINE MOVING NORTHEAST. VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL LIKELY BE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST MAINE IN THE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG..GUSTY WINDS..HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTENING AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A TORNADO. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER. R.EPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 6PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. BUDD
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:50 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD,NH 350 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT WATERS. TORNADOS.. LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY HAD FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS WEEK. LATEST RADAR SHOWS A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE NEW HAMPSHIRE -MASSACHUSETTS BORDER ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE IN HILLS- BOROUGH COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AND IS MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF NASHUA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CHESHIRE COUNTY..MOVING TOWARD RINDGE. OTHER SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM BELLOWS FALLS VERMONT NORTHEAST TO LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. M0RT/WSO CON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Merrimack, Sullivan | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Carroll | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Strafford | 65 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.