Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2012, 6:49 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
- Sep 8, 2012, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 7:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
142 WUUS52 KILM 082249 SVRILM NCC017-047-155-082345- /O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0151.120908T2249Z-120908T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 649 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA NORTHERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOARDMAN TO NEAR CHADBOURN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... EVERGREEN... CHADBOURN... BLADENBORO... ABBOTTSBURG... REDBUG... ELKTON... MORE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901 OR 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3474 7851 3432 7833 3423 7899 3444 7910 TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 251DEG 28KT 3444 7897 3428 7891 $$ III
2 follow-up statements
749 WWUS52 KILM 082304 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 704 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 NCC155-082314- /O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120908T2345Z/ ROBESON NC- 704 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IS CANCELED... PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901 OR 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3442 7897 3467 7848 3432 7833 3424 7891 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 262DEG 28KT 3444 7884 3428 7874 $$ NCC017-047-082345- /O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120908T2345Z/ COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC- 704 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN BLADEN AND NORTHERN COLUMBUS COUNTIES... AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EVERGREEN TO BRUNSWICK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABBOTTSBURG...REDBUG...HALLSBORO...CLARKTON...LAKE WACCAMAW... ELKTON...EMERSON...LISBON...COUNCIL...BOLTON...WHITE LAKE...LAGOON AND CARVERS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901 OR 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3442 7897 3467 7848 3432 7833 3424 7891 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 262DEG 28KT 3444 7884 3428 7874 $$ III
590 WWUS52 KILM 082313 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 713 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 NCC017-047-082323- /O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120908T2345Z/ COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC- 713 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BLADEN AND NORTHERN COLUMBUS COUNTIES IS CANCELED... PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901 OR 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3442 7897 3467 7848 3432 7833 3424 7891 TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 251DEG 28KT 3450 7875 3434 7869 $$ III
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 60 min |
| Sep 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 59 min |
| Sep 8, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 55 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.