Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1986, 5:10 PM EDT for Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 10, 1986, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1986, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pitt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Pitt, 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
Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 102111 SVRRDU NCC147-102145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 510 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA...PITT AT 5 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR GREENVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THE SEVERE WEATHER WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM. MES
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, Aug 10, 1:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 145 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE PIEDMONT... AT 140 PM THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE PIEDMONT STRETCHING FROM NEAR DURHAM THROUGH THE ASHEBORO AREA TO THE EAST OF CHARLOTTE. ONE OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF HENDERSON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND BE ACCOMPNAIED BY GUSTY WINDS. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATE:MENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 233 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 1986 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 225 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVING DEVELOPED IN THE PAST HOUR OVER CENTRAL EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE BEEN DETECTED OVER THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.. WESTERN FRANKLIN.. EAST CENTRAL DURHAM.. NORTHWEST CHATHAM.. AND SOUTHWEST MOORE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE INTENSE LIGHTNING.. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.. SUDDEN GUSTY WIND.. AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL TTHE STORM HAS PASSED. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RFG
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 312 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 1986 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 305 PM EDT.. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SANDHILLS AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DETECTED OVER CENTRAL WAKE.. SOUTHERN DURHAM.. SOUTHERN ORANGE.. NORTHERN VANCE.. AND CENTRAL PITT COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. IN WAKE COUNTY.. MARBLE-SIZED HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM ONE OF THE STORMS AT 250 PM THIS AFTERNOON. LISTEN T|O LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RFG
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 355 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 1986 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 350 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST DURHAM COUNTY..ACROSS NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY.. INTO CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN NOTED OVER CENTRAL PITT COUNTY AND OVER SOUTHERN HARNETT AND CENTRAL HOKE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. EARLIER REPORTS FROM THE CITY OF CARY IN WAKE COUNTY INDICATED MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE TO RAILROAD CROSSING GUARDS BETWEEN 245 AND 315 PM. ALSO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER SOUTHERN DURHAM COUNTY BECASUE OF STRONG GUSTY WIND BETWEEN 330 AND 340 PM. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RFG
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 4:44 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 440 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OVER CENTRAL EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 430 PM EDT.. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE SANDHILLS.. NORTHERN SCOTLAND..HOKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.. THROUGH THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN.. JOHNSTON AND PITT COUNTIES.. TO THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN.. NASH COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN TRACKING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SUDDEN STRONG WIND..INTENSE LIGHTNING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL. ALSO.. VERY HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING BECAUSE OF SUDDEN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS. RFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 63 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.