Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2012, 5:43 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. 6 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
- Mar 22, 2012, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 5:46 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Bladenboro, NC | |
| Mar 22, 5:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Bladenboro, NC | |
| Mar 22, 5:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Bladenboro, NC | |
| Mar 22, 5:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Bladenboro, NC | TREE DOWN ON HWY 131 |
| Mar 22, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Bladenboro, NC | 3 TREES DOWN ON HWY 131. |
| Mar 22, 6:03 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Wnw Bladenboro, NC | QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON PARSON STREET |
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 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
- 141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
339 WUUS52 KILM 222143 SVRILM NCC017-047-155-222230- /O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0013.120322T2143Z-120322T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 543 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLADENBORO...OR 9 MILES WEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... BLADENBORO... ABBOTTSBURG... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. && 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 3438 7861 3446 7906 3466 7886 3464 7864 TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 006DEG 7KT 3457 7876 $$ WEISS
3 follow-up statements
290 WWUS52 KILM 222159 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 559 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 NCC017-047-155-222230- /O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120322T2230Z/ ROBESON NC-COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC- 559 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BLADEN...NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS AND EAST CENTRAL ROBESON COUNTIES... AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLADENBORO...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABBOTTSBURG...CLARKTON...PROCTORVILLE AND ORRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED JUST NORTH OF BLADENBORO WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3465 7882 3464 7864 3438 7861 3446 7906 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 006DEG 7KT 3454 7876 $$ WEISS
873 WWUS52 KILM 222213 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 613 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 NCC017-047-155-222230- /O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120322T2230Z/ ROBESON NC-COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC- 613 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BLADEN...NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS AND SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTIES... AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABBOTTSBURG...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! && 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 3462 7881 3460 7870 3438 7861 3446 7906 TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 006DEG 7KT 3451 7876 $$ WEISS
807 WWUS52 KILM 222226 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 626 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 NCC017-047-155-222236- /O.EXP.KILM.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120322T2230Z/ ROBESON NC-COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC- 626 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BLADEN... NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS AND SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT... AT 622 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3462 7881 3460 7870 3438 7861 3446 7906 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 006DEG 7KT 3448 7876 $$ WEISS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 46 min |
| Mar 22, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 38 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.