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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2020, 1:16 PM EST for Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- Dec 24, 2020, 1:16 PM EST (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2020, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
154
WFUS52 KILM 241816
TORILM
NCC017-047-241845-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0039.201224T1816Z-201224T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
116 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...
North central Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina...
* Until 145 PM EST.
* At 116 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Whiteville, moving north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Elkton and Emerson around 125 PM EST.
Bladenboro, Abbottsburg and Lisbon around 130 PM EST.
Bladen Community College around 140 PM EST.
Elizabethtown and Ruskin around 145 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Dublin, Clarkton, White Lake, Bladen County Hospital, Columbus
Regional Healthcare System and Brunswick.
This includes US Route 74 between mile markers 386 and 398.
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 3428 7861 3432 7882 3478 7876 3472 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 191DEG 34KT 3439 7870
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
212 follow-up statements
851
WWUS52 KILM 241828
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
128 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
NCC047-241838-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-201224T1845Z/
Columbus NC-
128 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3472 7844 3442 7856 3443 7858 3443 7860
3445 7862 3446 7866 3447 7867 3447 7872
3478 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 191DEG 34KT 3451 7867
$$
NCC017-241845-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-201224T1845Z/
Bladen NC-
128 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
BLADEN COUNTY...
At 128 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Abbottsburg, or 8 miles southwest of Elizabethtown,
moving north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Bladen Community College around 140 PM EST.
Elizabethtown around 145 PM EST.
Ruskin around 150 PM EST.
White Oak around 155 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Dublin, Clarkton, White Lake and Bladen County Hospital.
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 3472 7844 3442 7856 3443 7858 3443 7860
3445 7862 3446 7866 3447 7867 3447 7872
3478 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 191DEG 34KT 3451 7867
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
21798
WWUS52 KILM 241838
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
138 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
NCC017-241848-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-201224T1845Z/
Bladen NC-
138 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 145
PM EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3472 7844 3442 7856 3443 7858 3443 7860
3445 7862 3446 7866 3447 7867 3447 7872
3478 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 191DEG 34KT 3460 7865
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 8:06 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 19 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 57 min |
| Dec 24, 12:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 27 min |
| Dec 24, 12:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 12:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 63 min |
| Dec 24, 2:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 37 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 35 min |
| Dec 24, 2:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 35 min |
| Dec 24, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 3:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 3:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 29 min | |
| Dec 24, 4:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 44 min |
| Dec 24, 4:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 58 min |
| Dec 24, 4:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 61 min | |
| Dec 24, 5:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 5:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 63 min | |
| Dec 24, 6:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 45 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.