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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 6:58 AM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 11 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, 6:58 AM EDT (10:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 7:09 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
991
WFUS52 KILM 081058
TORILM
NCC017-019-047-141-081130-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0018.161008T1058Z-161008T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
658 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...
EAST CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 730 AM EDT
* AT 658 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER PHOENIX...OR NEAR LELAND...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 40 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...
NORTHWEST AROUND 715 AM EDT.
DELCO AROUND 720 AM EDT.
RIEGELWOOD AROUND 725 AM EDT.
SANDYFIELD AND FREEMAN AROUND 730 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EAST
ARCADIA AND SANDY CREEK.
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 3431 7801 3430 7802 3429 7801 3428 7801
3423 7804 3434 7837 3453 7827 3434 7801
3433 7803 3432 7803 3432 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 1058Z 126DEG 22KT 3428 7804
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SHK1 follow-up statement
297
WWUS52 KILM 081109
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
709 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
NCC017-019-047-141-081119-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-161008T1130Z/
BLADEN NC-COLUMBUS NC-BRUNSWICK NC-PENDER NC-
709 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN...EAST CENTRAL
COLUMBUS...NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK AND SOUTHWESTERN PENDER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3431 7801 3430 7802 3429 7801 3428 7801
3423 7804 3434 7837 3453 7827 3434 7801
3433 7803 3432 7803 3432 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 1107Z 126DEG 22KT 3432 7811
$$
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, 6:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 19 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.