Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2014, 1:07 PM EDT for New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 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, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2014, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County New Hanover County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.
519
WFUS52 KILM 031707
TORILM
NCC129-031730-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0006.140703T1707Z-140703T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
107 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT
* AT 105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...OR 6 MILES EAST OF WILMINGTON...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
UNCW CAMPUS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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.
&&
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 3420 7780 3419 7779 3419 7780 3417 7781
3415 7783 3421 7791 3427 7786 3421 7778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 134DEG 30KT 3419 7782
$$
MORGAN1 follow-up statement
781
WWUS52 KILM 031722
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
122 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
NCC129-031732-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140703T1730Z/
NEW HANOVER NC-
122 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL NEW HANOVER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
130 PM EDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3420 7780 3419 7779 3419 7780 3417 7781
3415 7783 3421 7791 3427 7786 3421 7778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 134DEG 30KT 3428 7793
$$
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, 12:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 33 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.