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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 8, 2016Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 6:41 AM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 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, 6:41 AM EDT (10:41 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 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.

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.

740 
WFUS52 KILM 081041
TORILM
NCC019-129-081100-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0017.161008T1041Z-161008T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
641 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
    
* AT 641 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SILVER LAKE...OR NEAR NORTH MASONBORO
  ISLAND...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO...QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON AROUND 645 AM EDT. 
  WILMINGTON...WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL 
  AIRPORT...HIGHTSVILLE...WRIGHTSBORO AND KINGS GRANT AROUND 650 AM 
  EDT. 
  LELAND AND BISHOP AROUND 655 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BELVILLE...NAVASSA...CAPE FEAR HOSPITAL AND NEW HANOVER REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3415 7784 3408 7787 3407 7787 3405 7788
      3403 7790 3421 7812 3434 7797 3421 7779
TIME...MOT...LOC 1041Z 137DEG 40KT 3416 7789 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

SHK

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, 6:12 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus10 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.