Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1986, 12:08 AM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 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
- Jun 29, 1986, 12:08 AM EDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1986, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 12:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Johnston, 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 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1007 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jun 28, 8:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
^RDUSPSGSO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 859 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 1986 AT 855 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTROM IN CENTRAL STOKES COUNTY EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. RESIDENTS OF STOKES.. NORTHERN FORSYTH..ROCKINGHAM..AND NORTHERN GUILFORD COUNTIES CAN EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS.. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..AND POSSIBY SMALL %HAIL. THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO ROCKINGHAM AND NORTHERN GUILFORD COUNTIES . RJK
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
915 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 1986
ADDITIONAL REPORTS
TIME EVENT
540 PM EDT PITT COUNTY REPORTS WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE OVER COUNTY.
NO KNOWN INJURIES..MOSTLY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN..
SIMILAR DAMAGE IN CITY OF GREENVILLE.
445 PM EDT ERWIN IN HARNETT COUNTY..POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN.
615 PM EDT TOP BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME..TREES AND POWER LINES
NEAR LAGRANGE IN LENOIR COUNTY. NO INJURIES..
TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR OVERLAY.
610 PM EDT GUST 55 KNOTS AT FBG
630 PM EDT TREES BLOWN ACROSS ROADS 2 S KIPLING IN HARNETT COUNTY.
645 PM EDT TREES AND POWER LINES FALLING ALL OVER FAYETTEVILLE.
656 PM EDT 3 BLOCK AREA NE FAYETTEVILLE LARGE NUMBER TREES DOWN
SNAPPED OFF AND UPROOTED..NUMBER OF CARS DAMAGED AND
SOME HOMES DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES..NOD KNOWN INJURIES.
700 PM EDT TREES AND TELEPHONE POLES DOWN DOWNTOWN BENSON.
WAJSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 10:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
^RDUSPSGSO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1016 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 1986 AT 1010 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN GUILFORD ..ROCKINGHAM..AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES WITH OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF STOKES..FORSYTH..YADKIN..DAVIE..AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. PERSONS LIVING IN GUILFORD..ROCKINGHAM..AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES ESPECIALLY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. RJK
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:21 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
^RDUSPSGSO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1120 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 1986 AT 1105 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY HAS NOW MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AT THIS TIME WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN GUILFORD COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN ALAMANCE COUNTY. THE MOVEMENT ON ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING..LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD. RJK
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:58 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 1158 PM EDT SAT JUNE 28 1986 VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER SOUTH DURHAM AND MUCH OF WAKE COUNTIES. IN THE PAST HOUR THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN THE TRIANGLE AREA. AT 1150 WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG STATE ROAD 1003 BETWEEN KNIGHTDALE AND WENDELL. HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE TRIANGLE AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR. IF ADDITIOINAL HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN THIS AREA MINOR URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
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.