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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 26, 1986Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1986, 8:10 PM EST for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

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 Cumberland 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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett50 min
Apr 26, 8:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHLee60 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.