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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 13, 2020Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2020, 7:53 AM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2020, 7:53 AM EDT (11:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2020, 8:45 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 13, 8:15 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Tar Heel, NC	MANY TREES DOWN IN WHITE OAK AND BLADENBORO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 13, 5:01 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

711 
WUUS52 KILM 131153
SVRILM
NCC017-047-155-131245-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0021.200413T1153Z-200413T1245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
753 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Northwestern Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 845 AM EDT.

* At 752 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lumberton,
  moving northeast at 90 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lumberton, Whiteville, Elizabethtown, Red Springs, Pembroke,
  Fairmont, St. Pauls, Chadbourn, Bladenboro, Rowland, Fair Bluff,
  Boardman, Rex, Ammon, Hestertown, Shannon, Southeastern Community
  College, White Oak, Smiths and Howellsville.

People attending Bladen County Hospital outdoor tent facilities
should seek safe shelter immediately!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until noon EDT for southeastern
North Carolina...and northeastern South Carolina.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 7894 3484 7890 3485 7880 3485 7852
      3486 7850 3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7832
      3464 7831 3463 7832 3460 7830 3419 7894
      3452 7933 3483 7919 3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1152Z 239DEG 80KT 3463 7908 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

468 
WWUS52 KILM 131227
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
827 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

NCC017-047-155-131245-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200413T1245Z/
Robeson NC-Bladen NC-Columbus NC-
827 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON...BLADEN AND NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS
COUNTIES...

At 827 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ammon, or 13
miles north of Elizabethtown, moving northeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Whiteville, Elizabethtown, Chadbourn, Bladenboro, Fair Bluff,
Boardman, Bladen Community College, Ammon, Butters, Southeastern
Community College, White Oak, Abbottsburg, Lisbon, Cherry Grove,
Lagoon, Elkton, Emerson, Ruskin, Evergreen and Clarkton.

People attending Bladen County Hospital outdoor tent facilities
should seek safe shelter immediately!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until noon EDT for southeastern
North Carolina...and northeastern South Carolina.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3485 7852 3486 7850 3475 7839 3470 7837
      3467 7832 3464 7831 3463 7832 3460 7830
      3419 7894 3428 7905 3485 7872
TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 243DEG 57KT 3480 7852 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 4:26 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	12 hr
Apr 13, 7:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	28 min
Apr 13, 8:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Pender	35 min
Apr 13, 8:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender	26 min
Apr 13, 8:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	48 min
Apr 13, 8:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		29 min
Apr 13, 8:50 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender	25 min
Apr 13, 9:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover	44 min
Apr 13, 9:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		63 min
Apr 13, 9:15 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Pender	30 min
Apr 13, 9:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	28 min
Apr 13, 9:21 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	24 min
Apr 13, 9:40 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	17 min
Apr 13, 9:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	30 min
Apr 13, 10:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		38 min
Apr 13, 10:26 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		64 min
Apr 13, 6:05 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.