Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2011, 5:44 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2011, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pender County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 5:44 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Se St. Helena, NC | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO AT THE INTERSECTION OF NEW ROAD AND 117. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 711 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
331
WFUS52 KILM 142144
TORILM
NCC141-142230-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0025.110814T2144Z-110814T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
544 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 539 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ST
HELENA...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF BURGAW...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MOORETOWN...
WHITE STOCKING...
EDGECOMB...
THE TORNADO WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 40 NEAR MILE MARKER 402.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR 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 3442 7754 3441 7799 3459 7801 3465 7764
3448 7757 3447 7754 3445 7752 3443 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 264DEG 14KT 3451 7789
$$
RAS3 follow-up statements
024
WWUS52 KILM 142201
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
601 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011
NCC141-142230-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110814T2230Z/
PENDER NC-
601 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
PENDER COUNTY...
AT 557 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR
INTERSTATE 40...NEAR MILE MARKER 403. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3442 7754 3441 7799 3459 7801 3465 7764
3448 7757 3447 7754 3445 7752 3443 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 300DEG 9KT 3449 7787
$$
RAS563
WWUS52 KILM 142208
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
608 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011
NCC141-142230-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110814T2230Z/
PENDER NC-
608 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
PENDER COUNTY...
AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE ROTATION IN A THUNDERSTORM OVER HOLLY SHELTER GAME
LAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EDGECOMB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR 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 3442 7754 3441 7799 3459 7801 3465 7764
3448 7757 3447 7754 3445 7752 3443 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 259DEG 15KT 3452 7772
$$
RAS401
WWUS52 KILM 142224
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
624 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011
NCC141-142233-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110814T2230Z/
PENDER NC-
624 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PENDER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630
PM EDT...
AT 620 PM EDT...THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AND IS NO LONGER PRODUCING A TORNADO...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WAS
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE
TO AFFECT THE HOLLY SHELTER GAME LAND THROUGH 7 PM.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3442 7754 3441 7799 3459 7801 3465 7764
3448 7757 3447 7754 3445 7752 3443 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 259DEG 15KT 3453 7765
$$
RASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.