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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 3, 2016Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2016, 12:58 AM EDT for Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 16 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: Aug 3, 2016, 12:58 AM EDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2016, 1:14 AM EDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated

Counties Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

656 
WFUS52 KILM 030458
TORILM
NCC019-047-030545-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0008.160803T0458Z-160803T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1258 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  WEST CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
    
* AT 1258 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WILLIAMS...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  WHITEVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BETHEL AND NAKINA AROUND 110 AM EDT. 
  OLD DOCK...DULAH AND CRUSOE ISLAND AROUND 115 AM EDT. 
  BUGHILL AROUND 120 AM EDT. 
  FREELAND AND PIREWAY AROUND 125 AM EDT. 
  ASH AND EXUM AROUND 130 AM EDT. 
  IREDELL AND LONGWOOD AROUND 135 AM EDT. 

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 7837 3391 7861 3399 7871 3423 7887
      3429 7879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 313DEG 27KT 3420 7876 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75

$$

JDW

2 follow-up statements

156 
WWUS52 KILM 030509
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
109 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2016

NCC019-047-030545-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160803T0545Z/
COLUMBUS NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
109 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL COLUMBUS AND WEST CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTIES...
    
AT 108 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NAKINA...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
IREDELL...BETHEL...ASH...CRUSOE ISLAND...FREELAND...OLD DOCK...
PIREWAY...NAKINA...EXUM...MOLLIE...DULAH...MAKATOKA...
BUGHILL AND LONGWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3415 7837 3391 7861 3399 7871 3416 7878
      3425 7867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 313DEG 27KT 3414 7869 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JDW

769 
WWUS52 KILM 030514
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
114 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2016

NCC019-047-030523-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160803T0545Z/
COLUMBUS NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
114 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS AND WEST CENTRAL
BRUNSWICK COUNTIES 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.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3415 7837 3391 7861 3399 7871 3416 7878
      3425 7867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 313DEG 27KT 3413 7867 

$$

JDW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 9:12 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	88 min
Aug 2, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		98 min
Aug 2, 10:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	64 min
Aug 2, 10:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen	3 hr
Aug 2, 11:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	3 hr
Aug 2, 11:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		91 min
Aug 2, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	61 min
Aug 3, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	47 min
Aug 3, 12:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	60 min
Aug 3, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		95 min
Aug 3, 1:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick	3 hr
Aug 3, 1:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	62 min
Aug 3, 2:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		58 min
Aug 3, 3:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Columbus	61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.