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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 5, 1995Dillon County, South Carolina; Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1995, 6:52 AM EDT for Dillon County, South Carolina; Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 1995, 6:52 AM EDT (10:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 1995, 7:40 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:54 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 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 051051
TORILM
NCC155-SCC033-051140-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
652 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 740 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

   ...DILLON

IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

   ...ROBESON
 
AT 650 AM EDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR NEAR LAKE VIEW MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND...
        BARNESVILLE             BY 703 AM EDT
        FAIRMONT                BY 708 AM EDT
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.


HAWKINS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 5:44 AM EDTTornado WarningILMDarlington31 min
Oct 5, 6:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMWilliamsburg44 min
Oct 5, 6:14 AM EDTTornado WarningILMHorry, Marion46 min
Oct 5, 6:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMMarlboro31 min
Oct 5, 7:41 AM EDTTornado WarningILMRobeson19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.