Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at May 20, 2005, 6:17 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
- May 20, 2005, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2005, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KILM 202217 TORILM NCC047-202245- /O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0002.050520T2217Z-050520T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 617 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE WACCAMAW...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LAKE WACCAMAW BY 640 PM... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL 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 3416 7889 3403 7874 3429 7833 3439 7850 $$ TRA
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KILM 202225 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 625 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 NCC047-202245- /O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050520T2245Z/ COLUMBUS NC- 625 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR COLUMBUS COUNTY... AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE WACCAMAW...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY 130 AT 630 PM LAKE WACCAMAW BY 640 PM BOLTON BY 645 PM IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3417 7883 3406 7873 3429 7833 3439 7850 $$ TRA
000 WWUS52 KILM 202235 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 635 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 NCC047-202245- /O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050520T2245Z/ COLUMBUS NC- 635 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR COLUMBUS COUNTY... AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE TORNADO MAY HAVE DISSIPATED BEFORE REACHING STATE HIGHWAY 130... HOWEVER THIS TORNADO MAY REFORM AT ANY TIME. THIS LOCATION IS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE WACCAMAW...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITEVILLE. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LAKE WACCAMAW BY 645 PM IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3422 7874 3413 7861 3431 7836 3441 7853 $$ TRA
000 WWUS52 KILM 202245 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 645 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 NCC047-202254- /O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050520T2245Z/ COLUMBUS NC- 645 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COLUMBUS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 645 PM EDT... AT 645 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DISSIPATED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS COLUMBUS COUNTY...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED HOWEVER. IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE...REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3422 7874 3413 7861 3431 7836 3441 7853 $$ TRA
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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.