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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 11, 1995Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 5:24 PM EDT for Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1995, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2691 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILM 112132 COR
SVRILM
NCC047-155-112215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

   ...COLUMBUS COUNTY...ROBESON COUNTY

AT 520 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS EAST OF FAIRVMONT AND WAS MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TOWARD CERRO GORDO BY 6 PM. THIS
EXTENDS THE WARNING FOR COLUMBUS COUNTY.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

HEWITT

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.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 11, 2:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SRVICE NEWPORT NC
215 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995

WK CNVRGNC EVDNT ON 17Z SFC ANAL AND IN NE ON ADAP. OUTFLO FRM THIS
AM'S ACTVTY NO EVIDNT ON SFC ANAL OR ADAP...BUT CAN BE SEEN ON SAT
PIX AND 88D AS TSTMS THIS AFTN.  DCRSD STBLTY EVIDNT AFT TSTMS MOVD
THRU THIS MORN HAS REBNDD AGN FOR DCNT AFTN INSTBLTY. MSTR STL QUITE
EVDNT. AND BNDRS ABND. SHUD ONLY BE A MATTER OF TM. BLV BEST CHCS IN
SE AND NE THIS AFTN. 4-7H MEAN FLO WL PUSH TSTMS TO SSE THIS EVE.
S/WV EVDNT ON SAT PIX TO SWING THRU TNGT AND SHUD KP ACTVTY GOING
DURNG THE NGTTM HRS.

AFT THIS S/WV SWINGS THRU TNGT THIS WL ALLW HI PRES TO DOMINATE THE
AREA INTO EFP. WK LO LVL GRAD FOR VRBL WNDS...WL INCRS SUM THU AS
SFC HI BLDS TO OUR E. WUDNT RULE OUT ANY ACTVTY IN XTNDD PD AS LO
LVL FLO TURNS MR ELY.    CGG-G

.MHX...NONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 5:15 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
515 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION...   STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION...

430 PM     TABOR CITY               NC    GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
07/11/95   COLUMBUS COUNTY

505 PM     WILMINGTON               NC    QUARTER TO 1.25 INCH
07/11/95   NEW HANOVER                    HAIL CITY OF WILMINGTON.

HAWKINS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus49 min
Jul 11, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen40 min
Jul 11, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMPender54 min
Jul 11, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus44 min
Jul 11, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus57 min
Jul 11, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMNew Hanover36 min
Jul 11, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMNew Hanover46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.