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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2019, 3:13 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2019, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 10, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:57 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 257 PM EDT Sat Aug 10 2019 NCZ099-109-101945- Inland Brunswick NC-Columbus NC- 257 PM EDT Sat Aug 10 2019 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK AND EAST CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... At 256 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Freeman, or 14 miles west of Leland, moving southeast at 10 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Northwest, Batarora, Delco, Freeman, Riegelwood and Sandy Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Thunderstorms can pose a variety of threats including gusty winds, small hail, cloud to ground lightning, and localized flooding. It is recommended that you remain indoors until the storm passes. && LAT...LON 3423 7841 3437 7831 3429 7805 3409 7821 TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 302DEG 7KT 3425 7828 SCALORA
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:05 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
305 PM EDT Sat Aug 10 2019
NCZ105-107-101945-
Inland New Hanover NC-Inland Pender NC-
305 PM EDT Sat Aug 10 2019
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW HANOVER AND CENTRAL
PENDER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
At 305 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Rocky Point, or 8 miles south of Burgaw, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Burgaw, White Stocking, Long Creek, Cape Fear Community College North
Campus, Wrightsboro, Montague, Ashton, Rocky Point, Topsail, Currie,
Castle Hayne, Maple Hill, St. Helena and Pender Memorial Hospital.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Thunderstorms can pose a variety of threats including gusty winds,
small hail, cloud to ground lightning, and localized flooding. It is
recommended that you remain indoors until the storm passes.
&&
LAT...LON 3439 7767 3426 7799 3427 7799 3427 7800
3428 7799 3428 7800 3429 7802 3432 7801
3432 7803 3433 7803 3433 7805 3434 7805
3446 7811 3470 7772 3441 7765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 246DEG 13KT 3443 7788
SCALORASpecial weather statement, Aug 10, 3:06 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
306 PM EDT Sat Aug 10 2019
NCZ096-101945-
Bladen NC-
306 PM EDT Sat Aug 10 2019
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN COUNTY UNTIL 345
PM EDT...
At 306 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lisbon, or 10 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, moving northeast at
15 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Rowan, Carvers, Lagoon, Lisbon, Emerson and Kelly.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Thunderstorms can pose a variety of threats including gusty winds,
small hail, cloud to ground lightning, and localized flooding. It is
recommended that you remain indoors until the storm passes.
&&
LAT...LON 3467 7832 3465 7832 3464 7831 3463 7832
3461 7831 3458 7826 3456 7825 3454 7827
3451 7826 3449 7824 3449 7821 3448 7820
3447 7818 3442 7855 3453 7863 3468 7835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 246DEG 13KT 3450 7852
SCALORAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| Aug 10, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 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.