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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 2, 1986Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1986, 10:00 PM EDT for Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
Jul 2, 1986, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1986, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 10:05 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Onslow, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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, Jul 2, 4:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
448 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECTIVE FOR A LARGE
PART OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

AT 433 THIS AFTERNOON..A BAND OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA NEAR ELIZABETH CITY
THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TO THE PIEDMONT EAST OF
CHARLOTTE.  THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE CLUSTERED OVER THE
NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAINS BETWEEN ROCKY MOUNT..GREENVILLE
AND WILLIAMSTON.  A WIND GUST OF 46 MILES AN HOUR WAS REPORTED
AT ROCKY MOUNT WILSON AIRPORT A LITTLE AFTER 4 OCLOCK THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THESE STORMS.

THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 23 MILES AN
HOUR AS COVERAGE INCREASED SINCE 330 THIS AFTERNOON.

REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

AEP
Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMJones, Onslow45 min
Jul 2, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMCarteret, Craven60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.