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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 16, 2011Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 7:43 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 17 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, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 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

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The text

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

943 
WFUS52 KILM 162343
TORILM
NCC141-170000-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0013.110416T2343Z-110417T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
743 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 742 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6
  MILES EAST OF MAPLE HILL...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF NEW RIVER
  STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GET UNDER A TABLE 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 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 3450 7774 3453 7783 3464 7774 3472 7769
      3451 7759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 233DEG 53KT 3466 7760

$$


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1 follow-up statement

610 
WWUS52 KILM 162354
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
754 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC141-170005-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110417T0000Z/
PENDER NC-
754 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM EDT...

AT 751 PM EDT...THE TORNADO WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 3450 7774 3453 7783 3464 7774 3472 7769
      3451 7759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 233DEG 53KT 3476 7743

$$

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The 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, 5:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Pender	29 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

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.