Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2017, 12:10 PM EST for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 15, 2017, 12:10 PM EST (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2017, 12:38 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 12:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Greenbriar, NC | LARGE PINE TREE SNAPPED AT THE BASE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
537 WUUS52 KILM 151710 SVRILM NCC019-129-151815- /O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0003.170215T1710Z-170215T1815Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1210 PM EST WED FEB 15 2017 The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central New Hanover County in southeastern North Carolina... East central Brunswick County in southeastern North Carolina... * Until 115 PM EST * At 1210 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brunswick County Community College Main Campus, or 9 miles northeast of Shallotte, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Carolina Beach, South Masonboro Island, Snows Cut, North Masonboro Island, Boiling Spring Lakes, Mill Creek, Myrtle Grove, Sea Breeze, Brunswick County Community College Main Campus, Silver Lake and Bolivia. This includes US Route 17 in Brunswick County between mile markers 24 and 36. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This storm may cause serious injury and significant property damage. && LAT...LON 3402 7790 3404 7835 3415 7828 3414 7784 TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 275DEG 50KT 3407 7827 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RGZ
2 follow-up statements
129 WWUS52 KILM 151720 SVSILM Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1220 PM EST WED FEB 15 2017 NCC019-129-151815- /O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170215T1815Z/ New Hanover NC-Brunswick NC- 1220 PM EST WED FEB 15 2017 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HANOVER AND EAST CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTIES... At 1220 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mill Creek, or 9 miles north of Oak Island, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Carolina Beach, Snows Cut, South Masonboro Island, Boiling Spring Lakes, Mill Creek, Myrtle Grove, Sea Breeze and Bolivia. This includes US Route 17 in Brunswick County between mile markers 31 and 34. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This storm may cause serious injury and significant property damage. && LAT...LON 3402 7790 3404 7817 3412 7813 3413 7785 TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 275DEG 50KT 3406 7810 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RGZ
423
WWUS52 KILM 151738
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1238 PM EST WED FEB 15 2017
NCC019-129-151748-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170215T1815Z/
New Hanover NC-Brunswick NC-
1238 PM EST WED FEB 15 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HANOVER AND
EAST CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3402 7790 3404 7817 3412 7813 3413 7785
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 275DEG 50KT 3404 7780
$$
RGZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 11:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 11:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 9 min |
| Feb 15, 12:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 29 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.