Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1986, 8:10 PM EST for Lee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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
- Apr 26, 1986, 8:10 PM EST (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1986, 9:10 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:15 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Lee, 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, Apr 26, 3:37 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
^RDUSPSGSO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 335 PM EST SAT APR 26 1986 AT 330 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM DAVIDSON COUNTY NORTH THRU FORSYTH.. SURRY...AND STOKES COUNTY THE HEAVEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWESTEN FORSYTH AND SOUTHWESTERN STOKES. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT AS THESE STORMS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA AS THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HE~AVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NECESSARY. AH
Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:17 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
^RDULSRGSO STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 510 PM EST SAT APR 26 1986 ATTN SELS... 415 PM EST MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 437 PM EST SOME MARBLE SIZE HAIL.BUT MOSTLY DIME SIZE.REPORTED BY THE DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPTARTMENT.MARBLE SIZE AT THOMASVILLE IN NORTHEASTERN DAVIDSON.AND DIME SIZE BETWEEN LEXINGTON AND DENTON ALL IN DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:52 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 550 PM EST SAT APR 26 1986 VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT... WEATHER RADAR AT 545 PM SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT FROM THE NORTHWEST. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY AND ANOTHER IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILE(S AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE EFFECTING PERSON..ORANGE..AND DURHAM COUNTIES BEFORE 700 PM THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO, TV, OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RFG
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:53 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 552 PM EST SAT APR 26 1986 VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT... WEATHER RADAR AT 545 PM SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT FROM THE NORTHWEST. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY AND ANOTHER IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN) HOUR AND SHOULD BE EFFECTING PERSON..ORANGE..AND DURHAM COUNTIES BEFORE 700 PM THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO, TV, OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 8:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 60 min |
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.