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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 24, 2020Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2020, 2:36 PM EST for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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, 2:36 PM EST (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2020, 3:00 PM EST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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
Dec 24, 2:19 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

113 
WFUS52 KILM 241936
TORILM
NCC017-242000-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0041.201224T1936Z-201224T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
236 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

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

* Until 300 PM EST.
    
* At 236 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Elizabethtown, moving north at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Ammon around 250 PM EST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Bladen
County Hospital and Dublin.

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 3484 7849 3483 7847 3481 7846 3481 7845
      3478 7844 3458 7858 3463 7873 3485 7867
      3485 7852 3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 201DEG 32KT 3467 7863 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

627 
WWUS52 KILM 241943
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
243 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020

NCC017-242000-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-201224T2000Z/
Bladen NC-
243 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY...
    
At 243 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ruskin, or 7 miles north of Elizabethtown, moving
north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Ammon around 250 PM EST.

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 3484 7849 3483 7847 3481 7846 3481 7845
      3466 7857 3468 7867 3485 7864 3485 7852
      3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 201DEG 32KT 3473 7860 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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551 
WWUS52 KILM 241956
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
256 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020

NCC017-242006-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-201224T2000Z/
Bladen NC-
256 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
300 PM EST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for southeastern
North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3484 7849 3483 7847 3481 7846 3481 7845
      3466 7857 3468 7867 3485 7864 3485 7852
      3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 201DEG 32KT 3483 7855 

$$

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The 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, 1:16 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	29 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, 2:55 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.