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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 19, 2019Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2019, 2:18 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus 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: Apr 19, 2019, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2019, 2:45 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, Columbus County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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
Apr 19, 1:17 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

121 
WFUS52 KILM 191818
TORILM
NCC017-047-191845-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0003.190419T1818Z-190419T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
218 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...
  North central Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 245 PM EDT.
    
* At 218 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Council, or 9 miles east of Whiteville, moving
  north at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Lisbon and Carvers around 230 PM EDT.
  Lagoon around 235 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include White
Lake.

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 3469 7835 3468 7835 3467 7833 3467 7832
      3465 7832 3464 7831 3463 7832 3462 7831
      3461 7831 3459 7828 3433 7849 3435 7861
      3474 7852
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 201DEG 42KT 3438 7853 

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

$$

SCALORA

1 follow-up statement

742 
WWUS52 KILM 191826
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
226 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

NCC047-191833-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190419T1845Z/
Columbus NC-
226 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS 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 3469 7835 3468 7835 3467 7833 3439 7848
      3443 7857 3474 7852
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 194DEG 40KT 3442 7853 

$$

NCC017-191845-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190419T1845Z/
Bladen NC-
226 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BLADEN COUNTY...
    
At 223 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Emerson, or 11 miles northeast of Whiteville, moving
north at 45 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Lisbon around 230 PM EDT.
  Lagoon around 240 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include White
Lake.

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 3469 7835 3468 7835 3467 7833 3439 7848
      3443 7857 3474 7852
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 194DEG 40KT 3442 7853 

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

$$

SCALORA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 4:06 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	15 hr
Apr 19, 9:18 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	3 hr
Apr 19, 9:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	67 min
Apr 19, 10:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	21 days
Apr 19, 10:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	50 min
Apr 19, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		41 min
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	48 min
Apr 19, 11:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	40 min
Apr 19, 12:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, Pender	47 min
Apr 19, 1:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	33 min
Apr 19, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Pender	32 min
Apr 19, 2:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen	18 min
Apr 19, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		56 min
Apr 19, 3:13 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	ILM	New Hanover	10 hr
Apr 19, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	51 min
Apr 19, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	49 min
Apr 19, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		55 min
Apr 19, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	47 min
Apr 19, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	33 min
Apr 19, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		46 min
Apr 19, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	33 min
Apr 19, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		65 min
Apr 19, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	50 min
Apr 19, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	15 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.