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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 14, 2002Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2002, 9:16 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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: Jun 14, 2002, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2002, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Columbus County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 9:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Nakina, NC	Columbus 911 reported trees down across the roadway.

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 nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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: 1328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KILM 150116
SVRILM
NCC047-150215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
915 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 12 MILES
  SOUTH OF CHADBOURN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITEVILLE...  
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   WHITEVILLE AT 940 PM
   LAKE WACCAMAW AT 945 PM

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING 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.

.END

$$

SRP

LAT...LON 3431 7906 3409 7882 3404 7867 3420 7848
          3431 7821 3444 7868

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 Jun 14, 7:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
705 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002

WILL UPDATE ZFP AND CWF FOR EXPIRATION OF SVR TSTM WATCH AT 7 PM.

MOST TS ACTIVITY IN ROBESON AND BLADEN COUNTIES AT THIS TIME...WITH
ANOTHER CLUSTER ABOUT TO ENTER MY NRN TIER OF COUNTIES.  WILL BUMP
POPS TO 70 THERE AND MAINTAIN GOING 60 POP ELSEWHERE.  STORMS ARE
NOT IMPRESSIVE ON SURROUNDING RADARS (KLTX REMAINS DOWN)...BUT SHAPE
HAS BEEN A BIT SUSPICIOUS.  WILL HOLD MENTION OF ISOLATED
SVR...MAINLY IN INLAND COUNTIES.

STILL A SMATTERING OF STORMS ACROSS SC ASSOCIATED WITH PRE FRONTAL
TROF.  ACTUAL COLD FRONT IS NOT WELL DEFINED.  OTHER THAN TWEAKS FOR
ONGOING WX WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH IN THE ZONES.

RAS

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (140 PM) FOLLOWS
-----------------------------------------------------
SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA TIL 700 PM.

ACTIVITY THIS EVENING SHOULD BE IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRE-FRONTAL
TROUGH/DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY. MSAS INDICATING STRONG
INSTABILITY AND SURFACE MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE RIGHT ALONG COAST
WITH A MUCH WEAKER MAXIMA DOWN AROUND CAE.

A STRONG SHORT WAVE IS LIFTING NORTHEAST WELL OFF THE COAST OF
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND SUBSIDENCE/DRYING IN ITS WAKE MAY
INHIBIT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THIS EVENING.

HOWEVER...GIVEN MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY AND WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY
TO HELP FOCUS CONVECTION AND SLIGHT COOLING/DRYING ALOFT WILL
MAINTAIN LIKELY POP. CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP VIRTUALLY OVERHEAD.
AVN HAS STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT...NEAR 40 KT. COULD BE ISOLATED WIND
DAMAGE BUT LARGE HAIL MAY BE MORE OF A THREAT WITH WET BULB ZEROS
NEAR 10000 FT.

COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT BETWEEN 06Z AND 10Z. SHORTWAVE RIDGE
FOLLOWS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH PERSISTING ALONG EAST COAST INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA SUNDAY
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MOVE SLOWLY OFF THE COAST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
WILL KEEP POPS OUT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS NOT LOOKING AS IF
MOISTURE DEEP ENOUGH TO WARRANT POPS WITH DEEP WEST OR WEST
SOUTHWEST FLOW.

UPPER FLOW BECOMES PROGRESSIVELY NORTHWEST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
DECENT OMEGA AND INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH APPROACH OF H5 SHORTWAVE
TROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WARRANTS A SMALL POP.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST TUESDAY AND
PASSING NORTH OF THE AREA AND OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY BUT STILL RIDGING
BACK TO THE COAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

MARINE: SEAS 2 TO 4 FT AND BUOYS INDICATING SOUTHWEST WIND 15 KT.
GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN UP THIS EVENING AHEAD OF BOUNDARY BUT NOT
EXPECTING WIND AND SEAS TO BREECH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLD.
WILL MENTION HIGHER WIND AND SEAS IN THUNDERSTORMS. WIND COMING
AROUND TO WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AND THEN BACK TO
SOUTHWEST ON SUNDAY.

FCSTID = 27
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS

ILM  72 89 64 87 /  60 10  0 10
LBT  68 89 61 87 /  30 10  0 10
FLO  68 90 61 88 /  30 10  0 10
MYR  72 86 65 86 /  60 10  0 10

.ILM...
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

DIGIORGI

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
342 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002

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

0340 PM    MURRELLS INLET            SC   55-60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/02   GEORGETOWN                     HEAVY RAIN VISIBILITY
                                          ESTIMATED AT 1/10 MILE
                                          WINDS GUSTS
                                          ESTIMATEDREPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTERS

CH

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
429 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002

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

0245 PM    CARVERS CREEK             NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR.

0255 PM    KELLY                     NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02   BLADEN                         TREES DOWN NEAR HWYS 53
                                          AND 210. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGER.

0255 PM    KELLY                     NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGER.

0400 PM    SOCASTEE                  SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02   HORRY                          POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN
                                          NEAR PALMETTO POINT.
                                          REPORTED BY 911.

MR

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ096-097-099>101-SCZ033-034-039-046-142319-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
700 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...

THE COVERAGE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED DURING
THE EARLY EVENING. AS A RESULT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS
EVENING. AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL...OTHERWISE MOST
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WIND
GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SRP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	40 min
Jun 14, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	43 min
Jun 14, 10:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	53 min
Jun 14, 10:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.