Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2013, 4:49 AM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 7, 2013, 4:49 AM EDT (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2013, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pender County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
219
WFUS52 KILM 070849
TORILM
NCC141-070915-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0003.130607T0849Z-130607T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
449 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 515 AM EDT
* AT 449 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WOODSIDE...
OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURGAW...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
RURAL EASTERN PENDER COUNTY AT 500 AM
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GET UNDER A TABLE OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH
AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
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 3432 7772 3472 7768 3459 7761 3448 7757
3447 7756 3445 7754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0849Z 190DEG 43KT 3450 7765
$$
III2 follow-up statements
214
WWUS52 KILM 070859
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
459 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
NCC141-070915-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130607T0915Z/
PENDER NC-
459 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY...
AT 500 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL
PENDER COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW RIVER STATION...MOVING
NORTH AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE ACTION NOW! STAY LOW TO THE GROUND AND PUT AS MANY WALLS AS YOU
CAN BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3448 7758 3451 7770 3472 7768 3459 7761
3448 7757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 187DEG 42KT 3462 7764
$$
III266
WWUS52 KILM 070908
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
508 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
NCC141-070918-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130607T0915Z/
PENDER NC-
508 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 AM EDT...
AT 508 AM EDT...THE TORNADO WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3448 7758 3451 7770 3472 7768 3459 7761
3448 7757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0908Z 187DEG 42KT 3471 7763
$$
IIIThe 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, 1:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 28 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.