Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 21, 2011, 5:16 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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 21, 2011, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 5:27 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Wnw Bladenboro, NC |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
558 WFUS52 KILM 212116 TORILM NCC017-047-155-212145- /O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0029.110821T2116Z-110821T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 516 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA NORTHERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF BLADENBORO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BLADENBORO... ABBOTTSBURG... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 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. && 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 3455 7859 3441 7871 3454 7898 3458 7894 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 287DEG 27KT 3455 7894 $$ III
2 follow-up statements
801 WWUS52 KILM 212132 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 532 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011 NCC017-047-155-212145- /O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110821T2145Z/ ROBESON NC-COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC- 532 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BLADEN...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS AND EAST CENTRAL ROBESON COUNTIES... AT 528 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WEST OF BLADENBORO...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABBOTTSBURG AND CLARKTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. && PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3455 7859 3441 7871 3454 7898 3458 7894 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 294DEG 32KT 3452 7884 $$ III
431 WWUS52 KILM 212140 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 540 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011 NCC017-047-155-212150- /O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110821T2145Z/ ROBESON NC-COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC- 540 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BLADEN...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS AND EAST CENTRAL ROBESON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT... AT 537 PM EDT...THE TORNADO WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DISSIPATED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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 3455 7859 3441 7871 3454 7898 3458 7894 TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 294DEG 32KT 3449 7876 $$ III
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.