Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 5:42 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 16, 2011, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 6:11 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055
WFUS52 KILM 162142
TORILM
NCC017-047-141-162245-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0010.110416T2142Z-110416T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
542 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 537 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
ELKTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF WHITEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LISBON...
CARVERS...
LAGOON...
KELLY...
ROWAN...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
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 3470 7836 3468 7833 3464 7831 3463 7832
3457 7826 3457 7825 3447 7817 3432 7860
3455 7877 3476 7840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 240DEG 36KT 3447 7861
$$
REK1 follow-up statement
306
WWUS52 KILM 162211
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
611 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC017-047-141-162221-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110416T2245Z/
COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC-PENDER NC-
611 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PENDER...BLADEN AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES IS CANCELED...
AT 610 PM EDT...THE TORNADO WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3470 7836 3468 7833 3464 7831 3463 7832
3457 7826 3457 7825 3447 7817 3432 7860
3455 7877 3476 7840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 240DEG 36KT 3461 7830
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 70 min |
| Apr 16, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 11 min |
| Apr 16, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.