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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, NC
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 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.
- 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.
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
$$
SHKThe 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, 6:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus | 10 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.