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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 28, 2000Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2000, 2:08 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 82 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: May 28, 2000, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 82 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Columbus County, NC

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 12:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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

567 
WUUS52 KILM 281809
SVRILM
NCC047-281930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
208 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  


* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF COUNCIL TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLD DOCK TO
  17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLD DOCK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
  MILES EAST OF WHITEVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEVILLE TO LORIS...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
  ACME AT 220 PM EDT
  ASH AT 225 PM EDT
  MACO AT 225 PM EDT
  WINNABOW AT 240 PM EDT
  SUPPLY AT 245 PM EDT

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC.

$$

LAT...LON 3445 7854 3416 7862 3404 7841 3397 7822
          3400 7802 3429 7804

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 May 28, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1000 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

12Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONT SINKING SOUTH INTO NRN NC WITH
SLIGHTLY LOWER PRESSURE CENTRAL NC. A TROUGH ALSO EVENT OVER CENTRAL
GA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL SC. TEMPERATURES QUICKLY RISING THIS
MORNING JUST LIKE YESTERDAY WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

FOR THE AFTN...APPEARS WE WILL HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF SUN TO HEAT
THINGS UP AND WILL LEAN TOWARD PARTLY SUNNY SKY COVER. WARM FRONT TO
REMAIN JUST NORTH OF CWA AND HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PROVIDE
ATMOSPHERE CONDUCIVE TO AFTN SHOWERS AND TSTMS. DYNAMICS ARRIVE
LATER IN THE AFTN AS MODELS PROG S/W TO BE IN VCNTY AROUND 21Z TIME
FRAME. MID-LEVEL COOLING SHOULD PROVIDE FOR HAIL PRODUCING STORMS
THIS AFTN. ALL IN ALL... CURRENT PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD WITH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER POPS NC PORTION AS AREA CLOSEST TO WARM FRONT AND DEVELOPING
LOW. WILL ONLY MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

CWF...SCA ALREADY UP AND WINDS AND SEAS ON THE RISE. FCST LOOKS
GOOD. MAY TWEAK WINDS UP NRN PORTION AND WILL MENTION 4 INSTEAD OF 3
FT SEAS TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS.

.ILM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ250-252-254-256.

PJN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 1:10 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-
039-046-281000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
110 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

SKYWARN SPOTTERS...
NETWORK ACTIVATION HAS OCCURED.

SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE AREA
IN WEST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN
THE FOCUS FOR CONTINUED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.

PJN

Local storm report, May 28, 1:22 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
122 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

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

1245 PM    FLORENCE                  SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/00   FLORENCE                       FLORENCE 911 REPORTED TREE
                                          DOWN ON ALLIGATOR RD.

DL

Local storm report, May 28, 1:24 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
124 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

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

0127 PM    NR FAIRMONT               NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/00   ROBESON                        ROBESON COMMUNICATIONS
                                          REPORTED TREE DOWN ON HWY
                                          130

DL

Local storm report, May 28, 1:59 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
159 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

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

0125 PM    PEMBROKE                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/00   ROBESON                        LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          TREES DOWN OVER MUCH OF THE
                                          COUNTY

DL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 1:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen	44 min
May 28, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	49 min
May 28, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	60 min
May 28, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	90 min
May 28, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	44 min
May 28, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover	70 min
May 28, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	60 min
May 28, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	48 min
May 28, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	64 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.