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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 1, 2017Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2017, 10:55 PM EST for Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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: Mar 1, 2017, 10:55 PM EST (03:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2017, 11:45 PM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bladen County, NC, Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 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
Mar 1, 11:09 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Ammon, NC	LARGE TREE DOWN ON NC STATE HIGHWAY 242 IN THE COMMUNITY OF AMMON.
Mar 1, 11:12 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Elizabethtown, NC	LARGE TREE DOWN ON CROMARTIE ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 87 BYPASS.

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 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

636 
WUUS52 KILM 020355
SVRILM
NCC017-155-020445-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0005.170302T0355Z-170302T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1055 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 1145 PM EST

* At 1055 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Smiths, or
  10 miles east of Lumberton, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Lumberton, Elizabethtown, Rowan, Bladenboro, Smiths, Howellsville,
  Bladen Community College, Lisbon, Tolarsville, Duart, Ammon,
  Butters, Lagoon, Kelly, Tobermory, Ruskin, White Oak, Jerome,
  Abbottsburg and White Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3484 7890 3485 7880 3485 7852 3486 7850
      3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7832 3461 7831
      3456 7825 3454 7827 3451 7826 3446 7818
      3444 7820 3456 7900 3489 7893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 263DEG 48KT 3469 7883 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JDW

3 follow-up statements

626 
WWUS52 KILM 020410
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1110 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017

NCC155-020419-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170302T0445Z/
Robeson NC-
1110 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7832 3461 7831
      3456 7825 3454 7827 3451 7826 3446 7818
      3446 7819 3444 7821 3454 7885 3462 7883
      3467 7881 3471 7882 3485 7880 3485 7852
      3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 263DEG 48KT 3471 7860 

$$

NCC017-020445-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170302T0445Z/
Bladen NC-
1110 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EST
FOR BLADEN COUNTY...

At 1109 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near 
Elizabethtown, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Elizabethtown, Rowan, Bladenboro, Bladen Community College, Lisbon,
Ammon, Lagoon, Kelly, Ruskin, White Oak, Jerome, Butters, White Lake,
Dublin, Tar Heel and Bladen County Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7832 3461 7831
      3456 7825 3454 7827 3451 7826 3446 7818
      3446 7819 3444 7821 3454 7885 3462 7883
      3467 7881 3471 7882 3485 7880 3485 7852
      3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 263DEG 48KT 3471 7860 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JDW

694 
WWUS52 KILM 020423
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1123 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017

NCC017-020445-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170302T0445Z/
Bladen NC-
1123 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EST
FOR CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY...

At 1123 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Harrells, or 15 miles northeast of Elizabethtown, moving east at 55
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Elizabethtown, Rowan, Bladenboro, Lisbon, Lagoon, Kelly, White Lake
and Bladen County Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7832 3461 7831
      3456 7825 3454 7827 3451 7826 3446 7818
      3446 7819 3444 7821 3454 7883 3461 7872
      3472 7862 3485 7852 3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 263DEG 48KT 3473 7837 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JDW

615 
WWUS52 KILM 020439
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1139 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017

NCC017-020449-
/O.EXP.KILM.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170302T0445Z/
Bladen NC-
1139 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1145 PM EST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7832 3461 7831
      3456 7825 3454 7827 3451 7826 3446 7818
      3446 7819 3444 7821 3454 7883 3461 7872
      3472 7862 3485 7852 3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 263DEG 48KT 3476 7812 

$$

JDW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 10:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	59 min
Mar 1, 10:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	61 min
Mar 1, 11:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	52 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.