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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 4:42 PM EST for Robeson County, North Carolina; Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2016, 4:42 PM EST (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:42 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Minturn, SC | SEVERAL TREES DOWN... SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOFS OF 2 HOMES AND 1 INCH HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CAROLINA CHURCH ROAD AND PARRISH MILL ROAD. |
| Feb 24, 4:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Pembroke, NC | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN 1 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 710 OFF ON OLD HIGHWAY 74 |
| Feb 24, 4:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 S Maxton, NC | TRAILER TURNED OVER BETWEEN ROLAND AND MAXTON SOMEONE POSSIBLY PINNED UNDER IT |
| Feb 24, 4:56 PM EST | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Sw Pembroke, NC | PING PONG SIZED HAIL REPORTED. |
| Feb 24, 5:10 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | St. Pauls, NC | REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:16 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 703 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 750 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
381
WFUS52 KILM 242142
TORILM
NCC155-SCC033-069-242230-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0003.160224T2142Z-160224T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
442 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL MARLBORO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EST
* AT 442 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MINTURN...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF DILLON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED SPRINGS...PEMBROKE...MAXTON...ST. PAULS...ROWLAND...CLIO...RAEMON...
PURVIS...TOLARSVILLE...BUIE...SHANNON...LITTLE ROCK...MINTURN...DUNBAR...
WAKULLA...PROSPECT...REX...ELROD...ROBESON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND BARKER
TEN MILE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 74 NEAR MILE MARKER 191...BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND
203...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 192 AND 200.
INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 38.
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 IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AT 800 - 6 9 7 - 3901. THIS
ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 7894 3476 7886 3442 7947 3454 7959
3466 7949 3463 7946 3477 7933 3482 7936
3484 7934 3483 7919 3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 223DEG 63KT 3456 7942
$$
JDW3 follow-up statements
723
WWUS52 KILM 242155
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
455 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
SCC033-069-242204-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T2230Z/
DILLON SC-MARLBORO SC-
455 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DILLON AND EAST CENTRAL
MARLBORO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3490 7894 3476 7886 3454 7928 3468 7942
3477 7933 3482 7936 3484 7934 3483 7919
3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 223DEG 63KT 3473 7923
$$
NCC155-242230-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T2230Z/
ROBESON NC-
455 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
ROBESON COUNTY...
AT 454 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
PROSPECT...OR NEAR RED SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED SPRINGS...PEMBROKE...MAXTON...ST. PAULS...RAEMON...PURVIS...
TOLARSVILLE...BUIE...SHANNON...WAKULLA...PROSPECT...REX...ELROD...PARKTON...
RENNERT AND LUMBER BRIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 74 NEAR MILE MARKER 191...NEAR MILE MARKER 205...BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 204 AND 203...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 192 AND 200.
INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 38.
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 IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AT 800 - 6 9 7 - 3901. THIS
ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 7894 3476 7886 3454 7928 3468 7942
3477 7933 3482 7936 3484 7934 3483 7919
3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 223DEG 63KT 3473 7923
$$
JDW831
WWUS52 KILM 242209
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
509 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC155-242230-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T2230Z/
ROBESON NC-
509 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY...
AT 508 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER REX...OR
11 MILES EAST OF RED SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
ALTHOUGH NOT CONFIRMED...RADAR SUGGESTS A TORNADO IS LIKELY ON THE
GROUND. PEOPLE IN THE SAINT PAULS AREA NEED TO TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY!
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED SPRINGS...ST. PAULS...REX...TOLARSVILLE...SHANNON...PARKTON...RENNERT
AND LUMBER BRIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23
AND 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AT 800 - 6 9 7 - 3901. THIS
ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 7894 3476 7886 3465 7907 3481 7920
3483 7919 3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 270DEG 63KT 3487 7900
$$
JDW520
WWUS52 KILM 242223
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
523 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC155-242232-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T2230Z/
ROBESON NC-
523 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
ROBESON COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EST.
LAT...LON 3490 7894 3476 7886 3465 7907 3481 7920
3483 7919 3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 223DEG 63KT 3487 7900
$$
JDWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 8:50 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 10:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 10:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 11:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 11:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 12:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 1:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 64 min | |
| Feb 24, 2:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 61 min | |
| Feb 24, 3:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 62 min | |
| Feb 24, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 5:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 6:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 10:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 2:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 3:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 3:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 50 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.