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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 28, 2014Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2014, 7:32 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. 6 reports 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
Apr 28, 2014, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 7:50 PM EDTHAIL 1.755 Nne Dublin, NC
Apr 28, 8:00 PM EDTHAIL 15 Ne Dublin, NCDIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL LASTED ALMOST 30 MINUTES
Apr 28, 8:06 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Elizabethtown, NC
Apr 28, 8:11 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Elizabethtown, NC
Apr 28, 8:16 PM EDTHAIL 0.752 S Elizabethtown, NC
Apr 28, 8:30 PM EDTHAIL 14 Sse Elizabethtown, NC

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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2014-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 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 2014-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

184 
WUUS52 KILM 282332
SVRILM
NCC017-290030-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0013.140428T2332Z-140429T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
732 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE OAK...OR 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
   WHITE OAK...
   RUSKIN...
   ELIZABETHTOWN...
   AMMON...
   LAGOON...

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 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3475 7838 3470 7836 3467 7832 3462 7831
      3459 7828 3448 7828 3462 7883 3469 7880
      3474 7885 3481 7889 3486 7862 3485 7852
      3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 264DEG 17KT 3473 7877

$$

BACON
1 follow-up statement
983 
WWUS52 KILM 282356
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
756 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014

NCC017-290006-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140429T0030Z/
BLADEN NC-
756 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY IS
CANCELED...

ALL OR PART OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY 
OR UPGRADED TO A TORNADO WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM.

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 3475 7838 3470 7836 3467 7832 3462 7831
      3459 7828 3448 7828 3462 7883 3469 7880
      3474 7885 3481 7889 3486 7862 3485 7852
      3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 264DEG 17KT 3474 7864

$$

BACON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen27 min
Apr 28, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson53 min
Apr 28, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMRobeson47 min
Apr 28, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen35 min
Apr 28, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen40 min
Apr 28, 6:10 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover6 hr
Apr 28, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender66 min
Apr 28, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMCumberland31 min
Apr 28, 7:53 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen52 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.