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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 28, 2000Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2000, 1:16 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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: May 28, 2000, 1:16 PM EDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2000, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Bladen County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 1:25 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 65 E	Ammon, NC	Trained spotter reported trees down across several roads in Ammon.
May 28, 1:40 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	White Lake, NC	Trained spotter reported trees down on both primary and secondary roads in White Lake.

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.

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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

258 
WFUS52 KILM 281717
TORILM
NCC017-281800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
116 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 110 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF AMMON...OR
  ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AMMON AT 115 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC.

$$

LAT...LON 3491 7872 3473 7871 3473 7796 3496 7797

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	82 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

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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.