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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 4, 2008Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2008, 10:24 PM EST for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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: Mar 4, 2008, 10:24 PM EST (03:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 2008, 10:54 PM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 4, 6:27 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KILM 050324
TORILM
NCC141-050400-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0003.080305T0324Z-080305T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1024 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM EST

* AT 1019 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROOKS...OR
  ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   PENDERLEA BY 1030 PM...
   WILLARD BY 1035 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3471 7780 3442 7809 3454 7827 3457 7826
      3467 7817 3473 7810 3473 7793 3472 7792
      3472 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 218DEG 57KT 3459 7816

$$
RJD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KILM 050336
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1035 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

NCC141-050400-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080305T0400Z/
PENDER NC-
1035 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR WESTERN
PENDER COUNTY...

AT 1032 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PENDERLEA...OR 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3471 7780 3442 7809 3454 7827 3457 7826
      3467 7817 3473 7810 3473 7793 3472 7792
      3472 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 218DEG 57KT 3473 7803

$$
RJD

000 
WWUS52 KILM 050354
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1049 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

NCC141-050359-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080305T0400Z/
PENDER NC-
1049 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN PENDER COUNTY IS CANCELED...

THE THUNDERSTORM PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF THE TORNADO WARNING HAS 
RACED TO THE NORTHEAST AND OUT OF THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS WATCHING ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM 
NEAR BURGAW...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THIS STORM WILL 
MOVE ACROSS BURGAW...WHITE STOCKING AND MURRAY TOWN THROUGH 1115 PM. 
STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SHOULD THIS 
STORM INTENSIFY...A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED.

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 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3471 7780 3442 7809 3454 7827 3457 7826
      3467 7817 3473 7810 3473 7793 3472 7792
      3472 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 218DEG 57KT 3490 7786

$$
RJD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 7:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	47 min
Mar 4, 9:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	46 min
Mar 4, 10:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	17 min
Mar 4, 11:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	40 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.