Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 7:01 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. 6 reports 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
- Mar 15, 2008, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Rocky Point, NC | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TRAILERS AND UNKNOWN INJURIES IN INTERSTATE MOBILE HOME PARK. |
| Mar 15, 7:48 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 45 | Wrightsville Beach, NC | NOS TIDE GAGE AT JOHNNY MERCER PIER |
| Mar 15, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Leland, NC | REPORT RELAYED VIA HAM RADIO OPERATOR |
| Mar 15, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Wilmington, NC | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON FRONT STREET. |
| Mar 15, 7:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hampstead, NC | PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED ON HOOVER ROAD. |
| Mar 15, 7:59 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | Hampstead, NC | SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF PANSY LANE AND PEANUT ROAD. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN EF1...WITH WINDS UP TO 110 MPH. THE TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AND A TOTAL LENGTH OF 2 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KILM 152302
SVRILM
NCC017-019-047-129-141-160000-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0013.080315T2301Z-080316T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
701 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
WEST OF FREEMAN...OR 17 MILES EAST OF WHITEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FREEMAN BY 710 PM...
RIEGELWOOD BY 715 PM...
BATARORA BY 720 PM...
PHOENIX BY 725 PM...
PHOENIX BY 730 PM...
LONG CREEK BY 735 PM...
MORE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN THE WARNED AREA.
IF YOU OBSERVE 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.
AT TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.
LAT...LON 3444 7754 3429 7774 3409 7787 3422 7850
3440 7851 3437 7843 3437 7832 3439 7826
3456 7825 3472 7810 3471 7778 3472 7770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 266DEG 34KT 3432 7838
$$
HAWKINS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KILM 152333 RRA
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
731 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
NCC017-152341-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080316T0000Z/
BLADEN NC-
731 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN
COUNTY IS CANCELED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE...REPORT IT
TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON
NC.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3444 7754 3429 7774 3409 7787 3422 7850
3436 7850 3436 7833 3439 7826 3446 7817
3448 7820 3472 7810 3472 7770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 270DEG 43KT 3468 7766 3412 7798
$$
NCC019-047-129-141-160000-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080316T0000Z/
COLUMBUS NC-PENDER NC-NEW HANOVER NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
731 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK...NEW HANOVER...PENDER AND EAST CENTRAL
COLUMBUS COUNTIES...
AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MAPLE HILL TO WINNABOW...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH 740 PM EDT..
TOPSAIL BY 740 PM EDT...
CAROLINA BEACH 740 PM EDT...
EDGECOMB BY 745 PM EDT...
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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3444 7754 3429 7774 3409 7787 3422 7850
3436 7850 3436 7833 3439 7826 3446 7817
3448 7820 3472 7810 3472 7770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 270DEG 43KT 3468 7766 3412 7798
$$
HAWKINS000
WWUS52 KILM 160006
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
802 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
NCC019-047-129-141-160012-
/O.EXP.KILM.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080316T0000Z/
COLUMBUS NC-PENDER NC-NEW HANOVER NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
802 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK...NEW
HANOVER...PENDER AND EAST CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 759 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING
HAVE JUST MOVED OFF THE COAST OF PENDER AND NORTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY.
...THEREFORE THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
THERE WAS REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TRAILERS AND UNKNOWN INJURIES IN
INTERSTATE MOBILE HOME PARK IN ROCKY POINT AT 745 PM. ALSO...PENNY SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY AT 750 PM.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE...REPORT IT
TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON
NC.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3444 7754 3429 7774 3409 7787 3422 7850
3436 7850 3436 7833 3439 7826 3446 7817
3448 7820 3472 7810 3472 7770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 270DEG 43KT 3468 7763 3412 7795
$$
HAWKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 44 min |
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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.