Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 8:36 AM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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, 8:36 AM EDT (12:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 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, Robeson County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 7:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
085
WFUS52 KILM 081236
TORILM
NCC017-019-047-141-155-081330-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0020.161008T1236Z-161008T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
836 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 930 AM EDT
* AT 836 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BOILING SPRING LAKES...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
OAK 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...
MILL CREEK AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAIN CAMPUS
AROUND 840 AM EDT.
WINNABOW...TOWN CREEK AND BISHOP AROUND 845 AM EDT.
BATARORA AROUND 850 AM EDT.
HONEY ISLAND AROUND 855 AM EDT.
FREEMAN...DELCO AND RIEGELWOOD AROUND 900 AM EDT.
SANDYFIELD AROUND 905 AM EDT.
KELLY AROUND 910 AM EDT.
CARVERS AND COUNCIL AROUND 915 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WHITE
LAKE...EAST ARCADIA...DUBLIN...ATKINSON...CLARKTON...SANDY CREEK...
BOLTON...BOLIVIA...BLADEN COUNTY HOSPITAL AND NAVASSA.
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 3455 7825 3469 7814 3401 7794 3392 7810
3469 7898 3478 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 144DEG 50KT 3404 7807
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SHK1 follow-up statement
612
WWUS52 KILM 081322
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
922 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
NCC017-019-047-141-155-081331-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-161008T1330Z/
BLADEN NC-COLUMBUS NC-BRUNSWICK NC-PENDER NC-ROBESON NC-
922 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BLADEN...NORTHEASTERN COLUMBUS...EASTERN
BRUNSWICK...WESTERN PENDER AND EAST CENTRAL ROBESON COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3455 7825 3469 7814 3401 7794 3392 7810
3469 7898 3478 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 144DEG 50KT 3454 7851
$$
JDWThe 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, 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, 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.