Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1986, 6:00 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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
- May 25, 1986, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1986, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Columbus, NC | |
| May 25, 6:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Columbus, 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 nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 820 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 252202 SVRILM NCC047-252300- BULLETIN IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 600 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 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...COLUMBUS AT 555 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE WESTERN BORDER OF COLUMBUS COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA NEAR FAIR BLUFF. THIS THUNDER STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD TABOR CITY IN SOUTHERN COLUMBUS COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. . THIS THUNDERSTORM 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 VALIpD TIME OF THIS WARNING. RELAY ITS HIGHLIGHTS TO KEY OFFICIALS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING. 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 25, 2:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 255 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ROBESON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 325 PM EDT AT 230PM EDT WILMINGTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAINS IN ROBESON AND BLADEN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTENING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS AFTERNOONS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CAREFULLY. SHOULD HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS DEVELOP IN YOUR AREA SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER AND AFTER THE DANGER HAS PASSED.. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORECMENT OFFICE. GLS
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 455 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR ONSLOW COUNTY. AT 430 THIS AFTERNOON WILMINGTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ONSLOW..COLUMBUS AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND HORRY COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO FORMING IN THE SANDHILLS SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE IN SCOTLAND AND HOKE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTENING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS AFTERNOONS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CAREFULLY. SHOULD HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS DEVELOP IN YOUR AREA SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER AND AFTER THE DANGER HAS PASSED.. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER #TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCY. MARINE INTEREST FROM CAPE LOOKOUT SOUTH TO MYTLE BEACH SHOULD TAKE EVASIVE ACTION. GLS
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:55 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 555 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 535 THIS EVENING WILMINGTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ONSLOW..ROBESON AND BLADEN COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND HORRY COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO ALONG THE COASTS OF ONSLOW..BRUNSWICK AND HORRY COUNTIES. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF ROWLAND IN SOUTHERN ROBESON COUNTY. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS WEATHER SITUfATION VERY CAREFULLY. SHOULD HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS DEVELOP IN YOUR AREA SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER AND AFTER THE DANGER HAS PASSED.. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. GLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 60 min |
| May 25, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 60 min |
| May 25, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow | 55 min |
| May 25, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.