Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Apr 1, 2001, 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC)

Expired

Apr 1, 2001, 2:15 PM EDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Bladen County, NC

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.

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WUUS52 KILM 011717
SVRILM
NCC017-129-141-011815-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA   
  PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES     
  NORTHWEST OF COUNCIL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER             
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THE    
  WARNED AREA.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   ELIZABETHTOWN AT 125 PM EDT
   KELLY AT 130 PM EDT
   WHITE LAKE AT 135 PM EDT
   AMMON AT 145 PM EDT
   ATKINSON AT 155 PM EDT
   CASTLE HAYNE AT 200 PM EDT

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL AND 
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.END

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LAT...LON 3448 7868 3441 7847 3437 7808 3428 7781
          3465 7766 3480 7865

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 59 minutes earlier.

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

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.