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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 19, 2019Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2019, 2:42 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 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, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2019, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 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
Apr 19, 1:17 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

852 
WFUS52 KILM 191842
TORILM
NCC017-191900-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0004.190419T1842Z-190419T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
242 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...

* Until 300 PM EDT.
    
* At 242 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Lagoon, or 9 miles east of Elizabethtown, moving
  north at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Bladen County, including the following locations... 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 3483 7847 3481 7846 3481 7845 3479 7844
      3475 7839 3473 7839 3472 7838 3470 7837
      3469 7835 3468 7835 3467 7833 3454 7839
      3457 7852 3484 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 193DEG 47KT 3461 7845 

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

$$

SCALORA

1 follow-up statement

172 
WWUS52 KILM 191856
SVSILM

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

NCC017-191906-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-190419T1900Z/
Bladen NC-
256 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 300
PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for southeastern
North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3483 7847 3481 7846 3481 7845 3479 7844
      3475 7839 3473 7839 3472 7838 3470 7837
      3469 7835 3468 7835 3467 7833 3454 7839
      3457 7852 3484 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 193DEG 47KT 3477 7841 

$$

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, 2:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	27 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.