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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 5, 2017New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2017, 4:36 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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 5, 2017, 4:36 AM EDT (08:36 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2017, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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 5, 3:09 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

491 
WFUS52 KILM 050836
TORILM
NCC129-141-050900-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0008.170505T0836Z-170505T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
436 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern New Hanover County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Southeastern Pender County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 500 AM EDT
    
* At 436 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Wrightsville Beach, moving north at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Figure Eight Island, Hampstead,
  Topsail Beach, Mayfaire, Cape Fear Community College North Campus,
  Wilmington International Airport, Silver Lake, Murrayville,
  Masonboro, Topsail, Windemere, Bayshore, Scotts Hill, Ogden,
  Porters Neck, Landfall, Kings Grant and Seagate.

People attending UNC Wilmington Graduation, and PGA should seek safe
shelter immediately!

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between mile markers 409 and 416.
 Interstate 140 

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 3427 7775 3417 7783 3413 7785 3415 7793
      3444 7788 3438 7761
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 196DEG 22KT 3420 7780 

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

$$

SHK

2 follow-up statements

022 
WWUS52 KILM 050845
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
445 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017

NCC129-141-050900-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170505T0900Z/
New Hanover NC-Pender NC-
445 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN NEW HANOVER AND SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTIES...
    
At 444 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Ogden, or over Figure Eight Island, moving north at
35 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. 

Locations impacted include...
Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Figure Eight Island, Hampstead,
Topsail Beach, Topsail, Bayshore, Scotts Hill, Ogden, Porters Neck
and Landfall.

People attending PGA should seek safe shelter immediately!

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 3420 7780 3421 7783 3442 7780 3438 7761
      3427 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0844Z 196DEG 22KT 3425 7778 

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

$$

SHK

888 
WWUS52 KILM 050852
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
452 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017

NCC129-141-050902-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170505T0900Z/
New Hanover NC-Pender NC-
452 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW HANOVER AND SOUTHEASTERN
PENDER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM 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 900 AM EDT for southeastern
North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3420 7780 3421 7783 3442 7780 3438 7761
      3427 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0852Z 196DEG 22KT 3428 7777 

$$

SHK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	53 min
May 5, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	40 min
May 5, 3:12 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	4 hr
May 5, 4:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	66 min
May 5, 4:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	64 min
May 5, 4:55 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	20 min
May 5, 5:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Pender	32 min
May 5, 5:25 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	15 hr
May 5, 5:25 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	12 hr
May 5, 5:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	20 min
May 5, 5:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	27 min
May 5, 6:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	85 min
May 5, 6:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	23 min
May 5, 5:05 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	4 hr

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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.