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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 1, 2008Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2008, 6:48 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2008, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2008, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2008-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 865 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2008-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMMarlboro33 min
Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence58 min
Jun 1, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg28 min
Jun 1, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Horry, Marion36 min
Jun 1, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Robeson40 min
Jun 1, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Robeson44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.