Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 1987, 10:04 PM EDT for Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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 28, 1987, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1987, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren 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 28, 10:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Warren, 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 290204 TORRDU NCC185-290300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1004 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHERN WARREN WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY NORTHWEST OF NORLINA MOVING EAST. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH GET OUT OF YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME AND FIND SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE CLOSE TO YOU. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. A BASEMENT IS BEST. COVER YOUR HEAD. RA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 28, 7:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 753 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 750 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PERSON... GRANVILLE...AND VANCE COUNTIES. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BEFORE MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE STRONG AND GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ^ LGL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Moore | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 62 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.