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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 16, 2011Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina; Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 3:27 PM EDT for Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina; Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 10 reports 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
Apr 16, 2011, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bladen County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 3:33 PM EDTTORNADORowland, NCTORNADO TOUCHED DOWN... TOOK ROOF OFF OF HOUSE. LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED.
Apr 16, 3:36 PM EDTHAIL 13 Nnw Rowland, NCQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN ROWLAND... NUMERSOUS TREES DOWN
Apr 16, 3:38 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Pembroke, NCGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR UNC-P CAMPUS
Apr 16, 3:46 PM EDTHAIL 18 Se Red Springs, NCQUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND ALONG HWY 211
Apr 16, 3:50 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Pembroke, NCGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL STILL OCCURRING AT UNCP.
Apr 16, 3:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sse Lumberton, NCMEASURED 73MPH GUST AND SNAPPED TREES
Apr 16, 4:00 PM EDTTORNADORowland, NCEXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE... WIDESPREAD. TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG12 N Elizabethtown, NCDAMAGE NEAR AMMON. SHERRIFF REPORTED A CONFIRMED FATALITY.
Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDTTORNADO12 N Elizabethtown, NC*** 2 FATAL *** EM CONFRIMS ANOTHER FATALITY IN AMMON AREA BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 2.
Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDTTORNADOLittle Rock, SCAT LEAST FIVE TREES ON HOMES. THREE PEOPLE WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND WERE RELEASED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 605 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
605 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
909 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.

047 
WFUS52 KILM 161927
TORILM
NCC017-155-SCC033-069-162015-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0003.110416T1927Z-110416T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN MARLBORO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MINTURN...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DILLON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
   ELROD...
   ALMA...
   PEMBROKE...
   BUIE...
   BARKER TEN MILE...
   ST. PAULS...
   LUMBERTON...

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.

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 3489 7893 3483 7891 3485 7881 3485 7852
      3486 7850 3483 7846 3481 7846 3447 7899
      3439 7941 3458 7955 3492 7898
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 239DEG 45KT 3454 7940

$$

REK
3 follow-up statements
823 
WWUS52 KILM 161943
SVSILM

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

SCC033-069-161953-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T2015Z/
MARLBORO SC-DILLON SC-
343 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DILLON AND EAST CENTRAL
MARLBORO COUNTIES IS 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 3443 7922 3463 7944 3492 7898 3489 7893
      3483 7891 3485 7881 3485 7852 3486 7850
      3483 7846 3481 7846 3447 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 239DEG 45KT 3465 7918

$$

NCC017-155-162015-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T2015Z/
BLADEN NC-ROBESON NC-
343 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR ROBESON
AND NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTIES...

AT 339 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELROD...OR 12 MILES WEST OF LUMBERTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUIE...
HESTERTOWN...BARKER TEN MILE...RENNERT...REX...HOWELLSVILLE...
SMITHS...ST. PAULS...PARKTON...TOLARSVILLE...EMERSON...TOBERMORY...
TAR HEEL...DUBLIN...DUART...WHITE OAK...RUSKIN...AMMON AND JEROME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3443 7922 3463 7944 3492 7898 3489 7893
      3483 7891 3485 7881 3485 7852 3486 7850
      3483 7846 3481 7846 3447 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 239DEG 45KT 3465 7918

$$

REK
044 
WWUS52 KILM 162000
SVSILM

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

NCC017-155-162015-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T2015Z/
BLADEN NC-ROBESON NC-
400 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
ROBESON AND NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTIES...

AT 355 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARKER TEN MILE...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF
LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TOLARSVILLE...EMERSON...TOBERMORY...TAR HEEL...DUART...WHITE OAK...
RUSKIN...JEROME AND AMMON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 7901 3459 7911 3475 7922 3492 7898
      3489 7893 3483 7891 3485 7881 3485 7852
      3486 7850 3483 7846 3481 7846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 241DEG 54KT 3477 7893

$$

REK
213 
WWUS52 KILM 162013
SVSILM

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

NCC017-155-162024-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T2015Z/
BLADEN NC-ROBESON NC-
413 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ROBESON AND NORTHWESTERN BLADEN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...

AT 412 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 7901 3459 7911 3475 7922 3492 7898
      3489 7893 3483 7891 3485 7881 3485 7852
      3486 7850 3483 7846 3481 7846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 239DEG 61KT 3487 7871

$$

REK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 12:07 PM EDTTornado WarningILMDillon, Horry, Marion37 min
Apr 16, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry29 min
Apr 16, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro44 min
Apr 16, 2:48 PM EDTTornado WarningILMDarlington, Dillon, Marlboro42 min
Apr 16, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Marlboro70 min
Apr 16, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg35 min
Apr 16, 4:17 PM EDTTornado WarningILMDillon, Horry, Marion58 min
Apr 16, 4:18 PM EDTTornado WarningILMFlorence, Williamsburg42 min
Apr 16, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg41 min
Apr 16, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningILMFlorence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg42 min
Apr 16, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningILMDillon, Horry57 min
Apr 16, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningILMGeorgetown, Williamsburg47 min
Apr 16, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMHorry42 min
Apr 16, 6:19 PM EDTTornado WarningILMGeorgetown26 min
Apr 16, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM43 min
Apr 16, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM110 min
Apr 16, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM57 min
Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Robeson45 min
Apr 16, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Pender29 min
Apr 16, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender39 min
Apr 16, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen11 min
Apr 16, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Robeson34 min
Apr 16, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender32 min
Apr 16, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningILMPender17 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every tornado warning in 2011Tornadoes in 2011

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.