Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1986, 6:00 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1986, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1986, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Duplin County, NC
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1612 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 KILM 302201 SVRILM NCC061-302300- BULLETIN IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 600 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA...DUPLIN AT 555 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN DUPLIN COUNTY. ONE NEAR KENANSVILLE AND A SECOND 3 MILES SOUTH OF MAGNOLIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR. THEY HAVE PRODUCED STRONG WINDS AND ONE INCH HAIL AS THEY MOVED INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE COUNTY. . THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. COUNTY AND CITY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS ARE REQUESTED TO BROADCAST THE TYPE AND VALID TIME OF THIS WARNING. RELAY ITS HIGHLIGHTS TO KEY OFFICIALS. OSWALD
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
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 430 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 1986 AT 425 PM EDT..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE OVER THE SWAMPLANDS OF WASHINGTON..TYRRELL..AND DARE COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE MOUTH OF THE PAMLICO RIVER BETWEEN BAYBORO AND BELHAVEN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO HALIFAX AND NORTHHAMPTON COUNTIES SOUTH OF ROANOKE RAPIDS. BOATERS ALONG THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY USING THE ALLIGATOR RIVER SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VISIBILITY WILL REDUCE TO AROUND ZERqO. RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BT
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:31 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 530 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 1986 AT 525 PM EDT..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND THE ALBEMARLE SOUND REGION WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS REACHING FROM NEAR PLYMOUTH..TO ROPER..TO CRESWELL. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF ELIZABETH CITY. TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE SIGNS OF MOVEMENT...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sampson | 55 min |
| May 30, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Duplin | 50 min |
| May 30, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sampson | 55 min |
| May 30, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.