Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Raleigh, NC

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GREENSBORO NC
1035 AN EDT MON AUG 11 1986

ATTN SELS...

...INFORMATION IS DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED 8/10/1986...

605 PM EDT 1605 CST..IN HOLLY SPRINGS..SURRY COUNTY NC..ROOF BLOWN OFF
     CINDER BLOCK BLDG THAT HAD BEEN CONVERTED TO A CHURCH. ROOF LANDED
     IN PARKING AREA. CAUSED $15,000 DAMAGE..MOSTLY TO 3 CARS THAT WERE
     HIT BY THE ROOF DEBRIS. FEW TREES ALSO UPROOTED. EMERGENCY MNGMT
     INSPECTED THE AREA AND SAID CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
 147 PM EDT MON AUG 11 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 140 PM EDT.. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING OVER THE PIEDMONT..FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA.

IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT.. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED
RAPIDLY NEAR THE DURHAM-GRANVILLE COUNTY LINE AND IS LIKELY TO
AFFECT SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY BY 230 PM.  ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN DETECTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF KERR LAKE NORTH
OF HENDERSON.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE INTENSE LIGHTNING
..SUDDEN GUSTY WIND.. AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. ALSO HEAVY RAIN MAY
CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING BECAUSE OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF
 WATER ON HIGHWAYS.

LISTN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OF
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
310 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST
   PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 900 PM...

AT 305 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM PILOT
MOUNTAIN IN SURRY COUNTY THROUGH TAYLORSVILLE IN ALEXANDER COUNTY.
THE HEAVIEST STORM IN THIS LINE WAS OVER SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY..
SOUTH OF TAYLORSVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER BEFORE
THEY APPROACH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALAMANCE COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
415 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST
   PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 900 PM...

AT 410 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF STATESVILLE..JUST
WEST OF MOCKSVILLE AND BETWEEN BETWEEN HIGH POINT AND ASHEBORO.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.

AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER BEFORE
THEY APPROACH.

VERY HEAVY RAINS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN MOU+NTAINS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. PEOPLE
THERE SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

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