Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2014, 2:51 AM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 20 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
- Aug 1, 2014, 2:51 AM EDT (06:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2014, 3:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
992 WFUS52 KILM 010651 TORILM NCC019-129-141-010730- /O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0008.140801T0651Z-140801T0730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 251 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWESTERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWESTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 330 AM EDT * AT 251 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WOODBURN... OR NEAR LELAND...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... PHOENIX... MONTAGUE... 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 3423 7797 3422 7805 3442 7822 3451 7796 TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 164DEG 15KT 3427 7803 $$ WEISS
2 follow-up statements
521 WWUS52 KILM 010703 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 303 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 NCC019-129-141-010730- /O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140801T0730Z/ PENDER NC-NEW HANOVER NC-BRUNSWICK NC- 303 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NEW HANOVER AND SOUTHWESTERN PENDER COUNTIES... AT 303 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PHOENIX...OR NEAR LELAND... MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONG CREEK...THE BOROUGH AND MONTAGUE WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3425 7799 3424 7804 3442 7822 3451 7796 TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 164DEG 15KT 3432 7805 $$ WEISS
194 WWUS52 KILM 010711 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 311 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 NCC019-129-141-010722- /O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140801T0730Z/ PENDER NC-NEW HANOVER NC-BRUNSWICK NC- 311 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NEW HANOVER AND SOUTHWESTERN PENDER 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 3425 7799 3424 7804 3442 7822 3451 7796 TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 164DEG 15KT 3436 7806 $$ WEISS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 23 min | |
| Jul 31, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 43 min | |
| Jul 31, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Jul 31, 11:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 49 min | |
| Aug 1, 2:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 3:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, Pender | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 5:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 62 min | |
| Aug 1, 10:11 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 3 days |
| Aug 1, 10:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 84 min | |
| Aug 1, 12:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Pender | 118 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.