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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2017, 4:33 PM EDT for Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- May 24, 2017, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bladen County, NC, Robeson County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
963
WFUS52 KILM 242033
TORILM
NCC017-155-242100-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0012.170524T2033Z-170524T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
433 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...
* Until 500 PM EDT
* At 433 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bladen Community College, or 10 miles west of
Elizabethtown, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Tobermory, Smiths, Ruskin, Bladen Community College, Tolarsville,
Duart, Ammon, White Oak, Jerome, Butters, Dublin and Tar Heel.
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 3484 7849 3483 7848 3454 7874 3457 7888
3485 7892 3484 7890 3484 7889 3485 7880
3485 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 194DEG 31KT 3461 7879
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JDW2 follow-up statements
720
WWUS52 KILM 242044
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
444 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
NCC155-242054-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170524T2100Z/
Robeson NC-
444 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for southeastern
North Carolina.
LAT...LON 3483 7848 3460 7869 3466 7880 3484 7886
3485 7880 3485 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 194DEG 31KT 3471 7876
$$
NCC017-242100-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170524T2100Z/
Bladen NC-
444 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTY...
At 444 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bladen Community College, or 10 miles northwest of
Elizabethtown, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Ruskin, Bladen Community College, Duart, Ammon, White Oak, Jerome,
Dublin and Tar Heel.
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 3483 7848 3460 7869 3466 7880 3484 7886
3485 7880 3485 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 194DEG 31KT 3471 7876
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JDW268
WWUS52 KILM 242059
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
459 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
NCC017-242109-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170524T2100Z/
Bladen NC-
459 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for southeastern
North Carolina.
LAT...LON 3483 7848 3460 7869 3466 7880 3484 7886
3485 7880 3485 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 194DEG 31KT 3482 7873
$$
JDWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 35 min |
| May 24, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 39 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.