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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 8, 2016Bladen County, Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 373 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

III
1 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 

$$

III

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 4:42 AM EDTRip Current StatementILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender12 hr
Oct 8, 5:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMColumbus, Robeson8 hr
Oct 8, 6:41 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick, New Hanover19 min
Oct 8, 6:58 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender11 min
Oct 8, 7:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson6 hr
Oct 8, 8:08 AM EDTTornado WarningILMPender12 min
Oct 8, 8:36 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson54 min
Oct 8, 9:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMBladen8 days
Oct 8, 10:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson6 hr
Oct 8, 3:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson6 hr
Oct 8, 5:10 PM EDTRip Current StatementILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender27 hr

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.