Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1986, 2:40 PM EST for Wake 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
- Mar 13, 1986, 2:40 PM EST (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1986, 3:40 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wake, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 131942 SVRRDU NCC183-132040- BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 240 PM EST THU MAR 13 1986 A..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 340 PM FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... WAKE COUNTY B..AT 240 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WAS SHOWN ON RADAR IN EXTREME SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. < PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORC]EMENT AGENCY. 1440/JBP
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, Mar 13, 2:22 PM EST, 18 minutes before
^RDUSPSGSO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 125 PM EST THU MAR 13 1986 AT 115 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN GUILFORD COUNTY NEAR PLEASANT GARDEN. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EASTERN GUILFORD COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ALAMANCE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA DURING THE NEXT HOKUR. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. JIM
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:32 PM EST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 2 30 PM EST THU MAR 13 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 900 PM EST THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT.. COASTAL PLAIN AND SANDHILLS. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN HARNSETT COUNTY. IT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JBP
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.