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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 22, 2012Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 4:08 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 15 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 22, 2012, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2012, 4:23 PM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 22, 4:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 Nne St. Pauls, NC	REPORTED ON TOBEMORY ROAD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

431 
WUUS52 KILM 222008
SVRILM
NCC155-222045-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0067.120522T2008Z-120522T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
408 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 406 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
  ST. PAULS...OR 15 MILES EAST OF RED SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RENNERT...PARKTON AND LUMBER BRIDGE

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 3492 7896 3490 7893 3489 7892 3487 7891
      3486 7892 3479 7888 3478 7887 3469 7904
      3484 7920 3496 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 234DEG 15KT 3488 7891

$$

HAWKINS

1 follow-up statement

129 
WWUS52 KILM 222023
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
423 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

NCC155-222033-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120522T2045Z/
ROBESON NC-
423 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IS
CANCELED...

AT 421 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING
HAS WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

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 3492 7896 3490 7893 3489 7892 3487 7891
      3486 7892 3479 7888 3478 7887 3469 7904
      3484 7920 3496 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 234DEG 15KT 3492 7885

$$

HAWKINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	65 min
May 22, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	61 min
May 22, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	31 min
May 22, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	60 min
May 22, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	66 min
May 22, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	32 min
May 22, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	29 min
May 22, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	60 min
May 22, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus, Robeson	39 min
May 22, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	40 min
May 22, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	29 min
May 22, 3:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Pender	49 min
May 22, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	22 min
May 22, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	20 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.