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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 7, 2013Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2013, 1:17 AM EDT for Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 7, 2013, 1:17 AM EDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2013, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 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
Jun 7, 1:22 AM EDT	TORNADO	1 W Varnamtown, NC	A FEW TREE TOPS SNAPPED. STORAGE BUILDING DAMAGED BY FALLEN BRANCH.

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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 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.

608 
WFUS52 KILM 070517
TORILM
NCC019-047-070545-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0002.130607T0517Z-130607T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
117 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT

* AT 117 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OAK
  ISLAND...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHALLOTTE...MOVING NORTH AT
  45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
   SUPPLY...
   MILL CREEK...
   TOWN CREEK...
   BATARORA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

&&

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3391 7813 3391 7828 3390 7833 3430 7837
      3427 7799 3426 7799 3425 7797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 187DEG 39KT 3392 7824

$$

WEISS

1 follow-up statement

429 
WWUS52 KILM 070528
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
128 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

NCC019-047-070539-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130607T0545Z/
COLUMBUS NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
128 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BRUNSWICK AND EAST CENTRAL
COLUMBUS COUNTIES IS CANCELED...

AT 127 AM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELED.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3391 7813 3391 7828 3390 7833 3430 7837
      3427 7799 3426 7799 3425 7797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 187DEG 39KT 3405 7822

$$

WEISS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 1:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	83 min
Jun 7, 1:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	114 min
Jun 7, 1:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	3 hr
Jun 7, 2:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	2 hr
Jun 7, 4:49 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Pender	26 min
Jun 7, 5:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	3 hr
Jun 7, 8:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	66 min
Jun 7, 9:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	86 min
Jun 7, 9:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	7 days
Jun 7, 10:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	80 min
Jun 7, 4:53 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	4 hr
Jun 7, 5:37 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	26 hr

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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.