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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 25, 2006Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2006, 11:36 AM EST for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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: Dec 25, 2006, 11:36 AM EST (16:36 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2006, 12:15 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KILM 251636
TORILM
NCC019-129-251715-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0021.061225T1636Z-061225T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1136 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1215 PM EST

* AT 1133 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  SOUTHPORT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LONG BEACH...MOVING NORTH
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   SOUTHPORT BY 1145 AM...
   BOILING SPRING LAKES BY 1155 AM...
   CAROLINA BEACH BY 1205 PM...
   MYRTLE GROVE BY 1210 PM...
   SILVER LAKE BY 1215 PM...

GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. 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 3378 7817 3371 7797 3424 7770 3432 7798

$$

RAS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KILM 251709
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1208 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

NCC019-129-251718-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-061225T1715Z/
NEW HANOVER NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
1208 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK AND NEW HANOVER
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1215 PM EST...

AT 1207 PM EST...THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 
WEAKENED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
THROUGH 1230 PM. 

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.

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST MONDAY 
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3378 7817 3371 7797 3424 7770 3432 7798

$$

RAS

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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.