Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2014, 12:21 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 3, 2014, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2014, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
628
WFUS52 KILM 031621
TORILM
NCC019-129-031645-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0005.140703T1621Z-140703T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1221 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
* AT 1218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES EAST OF
SOUTHPORT...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF CAROLINA BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SOUTHPORT...
BOILING SPRING LAKES...
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 3399 7791 3397 7790 3395 7792 3393 7794
3393 7793 3392 7793 3390 7795 3395 7811
3406 7807 3400 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 121DEG 27KT 3393 7792
$$
MORGAN1 follow-up statement
089
WWUS52 KILM 031644
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1244 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
NCC019-129-031653-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140703T1645Z/
NEW HANOVER NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
1244 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK AND EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL NEW HANOVER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3399 7791 3397 7790 3395 7792 3393 7794
3393 7793 3392 7793 3390 7795 3395 7811
3406 7807 3400 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 121DEG 27KT 3402 7809
$$
MORGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 56 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 65 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 33 min | |
| Jul 3, 1:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 13 min |
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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.