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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2014, 4:21 PM EDT for Bladen County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 13 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, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2014, 4:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bladen County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
185
WFUS52 KILM 032021
TORILM
NCC017-141-032045-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0007.140703T2021Z-140703T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
421 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 419 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
ROOKS...OR 14 MILES WEST OF BURGAW...MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ROWAN...
LAGOON...
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.
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 3466 7832 3465 7832 3465 7831 3460 7830
3457 7825 3461 7821 3455 7810 3443 7815
3450 7850 3469 7838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 111DEG 20KT 3450 7817
$$
MORGAN1 follow-up statement
506
WWUS52 KILM 032034
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
434 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
NCC017-141-032043-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140703T2045Z/
BLADEN NC-PENDER NC-
434 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PENDER AND EAST CENTRAL
BLADEN COUNTIES IS CANCELED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. REPORTS OF A
FUNNEL CLOUD WERE RECEIVED IN THE ATKINSON AREA OF WESTERN PENDER
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3466 7832 3465 7832 3465 7831 3460 7830
3457 7825 3461 7821 3455 7810 3443 7815
3450 7850 3469 7838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 111DEG 20KT 3452 7824
$$
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, 1:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 23 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.