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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 8, 2016Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 8:08 AM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 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, 8:08 AM EDT (12:08 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2016, 8:20 AM EDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 8, 7:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 206 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
435 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted.

544 
WFUS52 KILM 081208
TORILM
NCC141-081245-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0019.161008T1208Z-161008T1245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT
    
* AT 808 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MALPASS CORNER...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BURGAW...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...
  ROOKS AND POINT CASWELL AROUND 815 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ATKINSON.

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 3452 7792 3438 7805 3445 7819 3446 7818
      3449 7821 3449 7823 3450 7825 3453 7826
      3454 7827 3455 7826 3468 7816 3469 7814
TIME...MOT...LOC 1208Z 126DEG 41KT 3448 7803 

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

$$

SHK
1 follow-up statement
515 
WWUS52 KILM 081220
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
820 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

NCC141-081229-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-161008T1245Z/
PENDER NC-
820 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN PENDER COUNTY 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3452 7792 3438 7805 3445 7819 3446 7818
      3449 7821 3449 7823 3450 7825 3453 7826
      3454 7827 3455 7826 3468 7816 3469 7814
TIME...MOT...LOC 1218Z 126DEG 41KT 3456 7816 

$$

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, 6:41 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, 8:36 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.