Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2014, 7:46 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- May 15, 2014, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
190 WFUS52 KILM 152346 TORILM NCC019-047-SCC051-160015- /O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0004.140515T2346Z-140516T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 746 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LITTLE RIVER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... LONGWOOD... PIREWAY... BUGHILL... NAKINA... 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 3413 7874 3419 7846 3385 7857 3382 7867 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 180DEG 28KT 3389 7863 $$ III
2 follow-up statements
330 WWUS52 KILM 152353 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 753 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 NCC019-047-SCC051-160015- /O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140516T0015Z/ COLUMBUS NC-HORRY SC-BRUNSWICK NC- 753 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HORRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES... AT 749 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKSVILLE...OR NEAR LITTLE RIVER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONGWOOD...PIREWAY...DULAH...ASH...WACCAMAW...BUGHILL...FREELAND... HONEY ISLAND...BETHEL AND NAKINA IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3388 7858 3387 7866 3413 7874 3419 7846 TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 180DEG 27KT 3394 7863 $$ III
829 WWUS52 KILM 152359 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 759 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 NCC019-047-SCC051-160009- /O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140516T0015Z/ COLUMBUS NC-HORRY SC-BRUNSWICK NC- 759 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HORRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES 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 3388 7858 3387 7866 3413 7874 3419 7846 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 180DEG 27KT 3399 7863 $$ III
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:59 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 10 hr |
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.