Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
- May 16, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bladen County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Nne White Lake, NC | SEVERAL QUARTER SIZE HAIL STONES FELL DURING A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR. |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 2326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KILM 161915
SVRILM
NCC017-161945-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0052.120516T1915Z-120516T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
315 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 312 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
ELIZABETHTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
RURAL CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY AT 330 PM
RURAL EASTERN BLADEN COUNTY AT 340 PM
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 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3478 7842 3475 7838 3473 7838 3470 7836
3470 7835 3467 7832 3463 7831 3452 7854
3468 7866 3481 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 238DEG 15KT 3465 7851
$$
BACON2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KILM 161936
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
336 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
NCC017-161945-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120516T1945Z/
BLADEN NC-
336 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY...
AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE LAKE...OR 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3478 7842 3475 7838 3473 7838 3470 7836
3470 7835 3467 7832 3463 7831 3460 7856
3471 7860 3481 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 238DEG 15KT 3470 7842
$$
BACON402
WWUS52 KILM 161945
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
345 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
NCC017-161956-
/O.EXP.KILM.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120516T1945Z/
BLADEN NC-
345 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 342 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 3478 7842 3475 7838 3473 7838 3470 7836
3470 7835 3467 7832 3463 7831 3460 7856
3471 7860 3481 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 238DEG 15KT 3470 7842
$$
BACONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 60 min |
| May 16, 4:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 34 min |
| May 16, 5:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 33 min |
| May 16, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 35 min |
| May 16, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.