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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 28, 2014Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 7:53 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 min. 5 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, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 52 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 23:54 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 28, 8:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 Ne Dublin, NC	DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL LASTED ALMOST 30 MINUTES
Apr 28, 8:06 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Elizabethtown, NC
Apr 28, 8:11 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Elizabethtown, NC
Apr 28, 8:16 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	2 S Elizabethtown, NC
Apr 28, 8:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1	4 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

168 
WFUS52 KILM 282353
TORILM
NCC017-290045-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0003.140428T2353Z-140429T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
753 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RUSKIN...OR
  NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
   AMMON...
   LAGOON...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3478 7842 3475 7838 3473 7838 3470 7836
      3467 7832 3452 7827 3461 7881 3480 7874
      3484 7848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 266DEG 15KT 3469 7862

$$

BACON

2 follow-up statements

790 
WWUS52 KILM 290015
SVSILM

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

NCC017-290045-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140429T0045Z/
BLADEN NC-
815 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BLADEN COUNTY...

AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE LAKE...OR NEAR
ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.


OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAGOON

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ELIZABETHTOWN. 

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 3482 7863 3482 7849 3478 7842 3475 7838
      3473 7838 3470 7836 3467 7832 3452 7827
      3460 7873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 269DEG 15KT 3466 7853

$$

BACON

073 
WWUS52 KILM 290023
SVSILM

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

NCC017-290033-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140429T0045Z/
BLADEN NC-
823 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY IS 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 3482 7863 3482 7849 3478 7842 3475 7838
      3473 7838 3470 7836 3467 7832 3452 7827
      3460 7873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 269DEG 15KT 3466 7848

$$

BACON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	27 min
Apr 28, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	53 min
Apr 28, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	47 min
Apr 28, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	35 min
Apr 28, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	40 min
Apr 28, 6:10 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	6 hr
Apr 28, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	66 min
Apr 28, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Cumberland	31 min
Apr 28, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	58 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.