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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 17, 2006Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2006, 5:22 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 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: Apr 17, 2006, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 17, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -484 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1330 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KILM 172122
TORILM
NCC141-172145-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0004.060417T2122Z-060417T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
522 PM EDT MON APR 17 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF
  SURF CITY...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF WRIGHTSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   SURF CITY BY 540 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3436 7764 3430 7773 3439 7783 3438 7790
      3441 7796 3456 7784 3443 7757 3442 7758
      3442 7756 3440 7756

$$

BACON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KILM 172142
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
542 PM EDT MON APR 17 2006

NCC141-172152-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060417T2145Z/
PENDER NC-
542 PM EDT MON APR 17 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PENDER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3436 7764 3430 7773 3439 7783 3438 7790
      3441 7796 3456 7784 3443 7757 3442 7758
      3442 7756 3440 7756

$$

BACON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	31 min
Apr 17, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	37 min
Apr 17, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	47 min
Apr 17, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus, Robeson	45 min
Apr 17, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	40 min
Apr 17, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Columbus	26 min
Apr 17, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	62 min
Apr 17, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	17 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.