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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 10, 2002Brunswick County, Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2002, 10:22 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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
Jul 10, 2002, 10:22 PM EDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2002, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brunswick County, NC, Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2002-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 642 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2002-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

508 
WUUS52 KILM 110222
SVRILM
NCC019-141-110315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1021 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 1014 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDY
  CREEK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LELAND...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   WARDS CORNER AT 1030 PM
   LELAND AT 1035 PM
   BOILING SPRING LAKES AT 1040 PM
   BURGAW AT 1045 PM

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. 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.

.END

$$

JAQ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.