Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1986, 6:40 PM EST for Franklin 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 6, 1986, 6:40 PM EST (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 1986, 7:40 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin 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 6, 6:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Franklin, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 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, Apr 6, 5:17 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
^RDUSPSGSO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 517 PM EST SUN APR 6 1986 AT 515 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN RANDOLPH COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF SEAGROVE. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NECESSARY. KJM
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 6:00 PM EST, 40 minutes before
^RDUSPSGSO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 600 PM EST SUN APR 6 1986 AT 555 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN ROWAN COUNTY NEAR CHINA GROVE. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT AS THIS STORMS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA AS IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NECESSARY. KJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.