Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1986, 7:00 PM EDT for Robeson 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
- Jul 8, 1986, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1986, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Robeson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Robeson, NC | |
| Jul 8, 7:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Robeson, 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 082302 TORILM NCC155-090000- BULLETIN IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 700 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA...ROBESON AT 700 PM EDT THE WILMINGTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO AT ROWLAND IN SOUTHERN ROBESON COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 5 MILES AN HOUR. ROBESON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN IN ROWLAND WITH AT LEAST ONE PERSON INJURED. . IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO..YOU SHOULD GO TO A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL ROOM NEAR THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING..ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY.. GET DOWN AGAINST THE WALL AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. IF CAUGHT IN THE OPEN..LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH WITH YOUR ARMS SHLIELDING YOUR HEAD. REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. FILION
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, Jul 8, 6:49 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 645 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 1986 A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED IN ONSLOW COUNTY A FEW MILES NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE BETWEEN 530 AND 6 PM. THE SHERRIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED FREQUENT LIGHTNING WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A FIRE IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA. AT 630 PM THE RADAR SHOWED THE STORM WAS WEAKENING BUT IT IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN PENDER COUNTY ANOTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS IN PROGRESS AT 630. THIS STORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND IT WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARD BURGAW. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM AND POSSIBLY @SOME HAIL. RK
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.