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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 10, 2004Brunswick County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2004, 3:31 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2004, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brunswick County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 12:00Z on 2004-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 432 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 12:00Z on 2004-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
432 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KILM 101931
TORILM
NCC019-102015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
330 PM EDT FRI SEP 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 328 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  BOILING SPRING LAKES...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTHPORT...MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   LONG BEACH BY 355 PM...
   HOLDEN BEACH BY 412 PM...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE...REPORT IT 
TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE 
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON 
NC.

LAT...LON 3399 7796 3407 7803 3407 7807 3400 7831
      3384 7818

$$

JAQ

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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.