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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 13, 2013Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT for Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 80 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
80 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bladen County, NC, Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPC8 hr
Jun 13, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2725 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 3:36 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryILMDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Marlboro and 1 more13 hr
Jun 13, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro62 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.