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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 14, 2000Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 14, 2000, 5:55 AM EST for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2000, 5:55 AM EST (10:55 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2000, 6:30 AM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 14, 5:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
376 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.

575 
WUUS52 KMHX 141056
SVRILM
NCC019-129-141130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
555 AM EST MON FEB 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 AM EST

* AT 555 AM EST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON
  OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDEN BEACH... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
        HOLDEN BEACH            AT 600 AM EST
        LONG BEACH              AT 605 AM EST
        BOLIVIA                 AT 610 AM EST
        SOUTHPORT               AT 610 AM EST
        WILMINGTON              AT 625 AM EST


A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 5:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.