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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 30, 1986Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1986, 8:45 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 1986, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 1986, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Columbus County, NC

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 4 hours 10 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, 3 hours 14 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

Special weather statement, May 30, 6:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Sources

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