Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1987, 12:29 AM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1987, 12:29 AM EDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1987, 1:10 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cumberland County, NC
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 040429 SVRRDU NCC051-040510- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1229 AM EDT THU JUN 4 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 110 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND AT 1225 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF FAYET|TEVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. JBP
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 3, 7:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 740 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...FROM AROUND TARBORO EASTWARD TO THE COAST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS...PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS...AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN. AT 730 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA LINE FROM NEAR DANVILLE TO NEAR MURFREESBORO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF KERR LAKE AND NEAR SOUTH HILL. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE OF SEPCIAL INTEREST TO BOATERS ON KERR LAKE AS THEY PASS INTO NORTH CAROLINA. A SECOND SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS FORMED NEAR ASHEBORO IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. THESE STORM WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LLISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DMD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:29 PM EDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 930 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AT 915 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM DURHAM EAST TO ROCKY MOUNT...THEN SOUTHEAST TO NEAR GREENVILLE...THEN EAST TO THE OUTER BANKS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM CREEDMOOR TO FRANKLINTON ...NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE...AND NORTH OF FARMVILLE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN ASSOCAITED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.Q SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. PERSONS IN AREAS WHERE THESE STORMS ARE APPROACHING SHOULD TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS BY. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JBM
Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
953 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1987
TIME EVENT
850 PM EDT LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE WESTERN
PART OF DURHAM. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ALSO.
830 PM EDT LARGE TREES 5 WEST OF OXFORD...SIGN BLOWN DOWN IN
THE TOWN.
WAJLocal storm report, Jun 3, 11:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1103 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1987
TIME EVENT
1025 PM EDT TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN JOHNSTON
COUNTY.
WAJ
,Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:11 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1208 AM EDT THU JUN 04 1987
TIME EVENT
1025 PM EDT NUMEROUS REPORTS 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL IN CARY...
SOUTHWESTERN WAKE CnOUNTY.
WAJLocal storm report, Jun 4, 12:14 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1213 AM EDT THU JUN 04 1987
TIME EVENT
1040 PM EDT NUMEROUS REPORTS 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL IN CARY...
SOUTHqWESTERN WAKE COUNTY.
...CORRECTED EVENT TIME...
WAJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.