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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 6:12 AM EDT for Bladen County, Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 10 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
- Oct 8, 2016, 6:12 AM EDT (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 6:22 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
350
WFUS52 KILM 081012
TORILM
NCC017-019-047-081045-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0016.161008T1012Z-161008T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
612 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 AM EDT
* AT 612 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WINNABOW...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LELAND...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.
TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FREEMAN...DELCO AND RIEGELWOOD AROUND 630 AM EDT.
SANDYFIELD AROUND 635 AM EDT.
KELLY AROUND 640 AM EDT.
LAKE WACCAMAW AROUND 645 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BOLTON...EAST ARCADIA AND SANDY CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3408 7809 3427 7856 3450 7831 3441 7824
3440 7825 3439 7825 3437 7823 3438 7823
3437 7821 3436 7821 3435 7820 3435 7819
3413 7800
TIME...MOT...LOC 1012Z 133DEG 45KT 3414 7811
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
III1 follow-up statement
476
WWUS52 KILM 081022
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
622 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
NCC017-019-047-081032-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161008T1045Z/
BLADEN NC-COLUMBUS NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
622 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN...NORTHEASTERN
COLUMBUS AND NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3408 7809 3427 7856 3450 7831 3441 7824
3440 7825 3439 7825 3437 7823 3438 7823
3437 7821 3436 7821 3435 7820 3435 7819
3413 7800
TIME...MOT...LOC 1022Z 133DEG 45KT 3423 7823
$$
IIIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 4:42 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 12 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 19 min |
| Oct 8, 6:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 11 min |
| Oct 8, 7:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 12 min |
| Oct 8, 8:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson | 54 min |
| Oct 8, 9:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 8 days |
| Oct 8, 10:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 27 hr |
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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.