Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 9:33 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 20 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 28, 2009, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 9:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bladen County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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 28, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KILM 290133
TORILM
NCC017-290200-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0002.090329T0133Z-090329T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
933 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 932 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HICKORY GROVE BY 945 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3474 7838 3472 7838 3467 7833 3457 7866
3459 7870 3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 224DEG 28KT 3471 7853
$$
III2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KILM 290146
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
946 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
NCC017-290200-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0200Z/
BLADEN NC-
946 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BLADEN COUNTY...
AT 941 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF WHITE LAKE...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND
ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3474 7838 3472 7838 3467 7833 3457 7866
3459 7870 3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 214DEG 29KT 3479 7849
$$
III000
WWUS52 KILM 290153
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
953 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
NCC017-290203-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0200Z/
BLADEN NC-
953 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY IS CANCELED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3474 7838 3472 7838 3467 7833 3457 7866
3459 7870 3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 215DEG 28KT 3484 7843
$$
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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.