Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1986, 3:23 PM EDT for Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 12, 1986, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1986, 4:22 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilson 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 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wilson, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 829 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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, Jul 12, 3:02 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 300 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 1986 VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER A PORTION OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA. AT 3PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON SOUTHWEST TO CLAYTON IN NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY MAINLY NEAR ELM CITY AND WILSON. SOME WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM THAT PASSED THROUGH EMIT IN NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY AROUND 220PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID CHANGING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LBC
Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:10 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
306 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 1986
TIME EVENT
220 PM EDT EMIT..IN NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY. UNDERPINNING
BLOWN OUT FROM UNDER TRAILER..CONCRETE BIRD BATH BLOWN
OVER. ALSO..FEW TREES DOWN IN AREA. REPORTED BY
TV 5 WEATHER AND WAKE FOREST PD.
WAJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 68 min |
| Jul 12, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Bertie, Martin | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Greene | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.