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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 1, 2001Robeson County, North Carolina; Dillon County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2001, 1:15 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina; Dillon County, South Carolina. It was in force for 75 min. 6 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: Apr 1, 2001, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2001, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 75 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 1, 1:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55 E	Lake View, SC	Utility company reported power lines and large limbs down.
Apr 1, 1:49 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 M	Pembroke, NC	Ham radio operator reported a measured wind gust with home wind equipment of 60 mph.
Apr 1, 1:57 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 51 M	Lumberton, NC	Lumberton ASOS reported a measured wind gust of 59 mph.
Apr 1, 2:21 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Orrum, NC	Dime size hail reported. The tops of trees were also reported snapped.
Apr 1, 2:25 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Wakulla, NC	Large tree blown was blown down across the road. One home was damaged.
Apr 1, 2:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 78 E	Red Spgs, NC	NWS surveyed damage to homes in Prospect, near Red Springs. Damage occurred to 8 homes, with several sustaining significant damage. One roof was blown completely off. Many trees were down, all as a result of straight line winds. The estimated peak wind fo

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
Apr 1, 11:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 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-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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 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 
WUUS52 KILM 011716
SVRILM
NCC155-SCC033-041-067-011830-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
115 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA   
  DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF CHERAW TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT   
  20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   PAMPLICO AT 125 PM EDT
   FLORENCE AT 130 PM EDT
   CLAUSSEN AT 135 PM EDT
   MARS BLUFF AT 140 PM EDT
   CENTENARY AT 155 PM EDT
   MARION AT 205 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.END

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DIGIORGI

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 Apr 1, 11:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 11:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1018 AM EST SUN APR 1 2001

14Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT ENTERING THE NC/SC FOOTHILLS WITH
AN ASSOC NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION. ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE THE
BACKDOOR FEATURE WHICH DROPPED DOWN THE NC COAST OVERNIGHT AND HAS
HUNG UP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY WEST TO DILLON COUNTY SC.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY MESONET HAS TEMPS IN THE LWR-MID 50S N OF THE
FRONT...WITH 59 AT SOUTHPORT (EXTRM S PART OF COUNTY.) VSBY SAT
SHOWS FRONT BEGINNING TO WASH OUT AND RETREAT N...SO SKY CVR/TEMPS
SHOULD WORK OUT FINE IN THE ZFP.

NOT PLANNING AN UPDATE ATTM. 40/50 POPS N AND 30 POPS S STILL LOOK
GOOD. 06Z MESOETA SHOWS BEST SFC CONV AND 700 MB UVV STILL REMAIN N
OF MY AREA TDY...AS SYSTEM QUICKLY SHIFTS E. TAIL END OF SQUALL LINE
FORMING IN THE FOOTHILLS WL PROBABLY CLIP MY NORTHERN COUNTIES...
ALONG AND N OF A LINE FROM DILLON TO NEW HANOVER. WL RE-EVALUATE
WHEN 12Z MODEL DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.

CWF: CURRENT CWF LOOKS FINE. W WINDS THIS MORN SHOULD BECM SW JUST
BEFORE FROPA BEFORE GOING BACK TO W.

FCSTID = 9
ILM   68  41  63  43 /  50  20   0  10
LBT   66  40  61  42 /  50  10   0  10
FLO   68  40  64  45 /  30  10   0  10
MYR   69  41  63  44 /  30  10   0  10

.ILM...
NC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SURF CITY TO LITTLE RIVER INLET.
SC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LITTLE RIVER INLET TO S SANTEE RIVER.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 12:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	73 min
Apr 1, 1:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	58 min
Apr 1, 1:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	58 min
Apr 1, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	77 min
Apr 1, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	95 min
Apr 1, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	34 min
Apr 1, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	50 min
Apr 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus, Robeson	76 min
Apr 1, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	42 min
Apr 1, 12:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	67 min
Apr 1, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence, Marion	75 min
Apr 1, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington	28 min
Apr 1, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Marlboro	48 min
Apr 1, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	48 min
Apr 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marlboro	76 min
Apr 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	76 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2001 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.