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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 25, 2007Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 2007, 3:07 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 25, 2007, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2007, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 25, 3:07 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	8 Nne White Lake, NC	FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OFF HIGHWAY 701.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 1137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 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 251907
TORILM
NCC017-251930-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0001.071025T1907Z-071025T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
307 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 304 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
  TORNADO NEAR SMITHS CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
  ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY AT 320 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.

LAT...LON 3471 7837 3470 7835 3467 7831 3465 7832
      3466 7854 3486 7853 3486 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 183DEG 10KT 3475 7843

$$

HAWKINS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KILM 251934
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
331 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2007

NCC017-251941-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071025T1930Z/
BLADEN NC-
331 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 330
PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITE LAKE ON HIGHWAY 701 HAS MOVED NORTH OUT OF
THE COUNTY. THUS THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

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 3471 7837 3470 7835 3467 7831 3465 7832
      3466 7854 3486 7853 3486 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 183DEG 10KT 3475 7843

$$

HAWKINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 25, 7:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Pender	119 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.