Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2012, 5:42 PM EDT for Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 15 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
- May 23, 2012, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 5:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bladen County, NC, Robeson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 98 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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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
634
WUUS52 KILM 232142
SVRILM
NCC017-155-232230-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0079.120523T2142Z-120523T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
542 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 542 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
TOLARSVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUMBERTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
TOBERMORY...
DUART...
JEROME...
MORE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY 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 3487 7891 3486 7892 3484 7890 3485 7882
3485 7868 3485 7867 3469 7884 3477 7898
3488 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 214DEG 12KT 3476 7889
$$
REK1 follow-up statement
115
WWUS52 KILM 232157
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
557 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012
NCC017-155-232207-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120523T2230Z/
ROBESON NC-BLADEN NC-
557 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BLADEN AND
NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTIES IS CANCELED...
AT 555 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING
HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3487 7891 3486 7892 3484 7890 3485 7882
3485 7868 3485 7867 3469 7884 3477 7898
3488 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 214DEG 12KT 3487 7884
$$
REKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 49 min |
| May 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 50 min |
| May 23, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 54 min |
| May 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 32 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.