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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 13, 2020Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2020, 9:15 AM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports 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, 9:15 AM EDT (13:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2020, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 13, 9:22 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Wnw Rocky Point, NC	MULTIPLE TREES AND POLES DOWN ON THE 3400 BLOCK LITTLE KELLY RD
Apr 13, 9:24 AM EDT	TORNADO	3 Ssw St. Helena, NC	TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND NEAR 13569 ASHTON RD IN PENDER
Apr 13, 9:24 AM EDT	TORNADO	8 Ssw Maple Hill, NC	EF0 TREE DAMAGE FOUND IN HOLLY SHELTER IN PENDER COUNTY, EVIDENCE OF A 4TH TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE COUNTY.

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 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 480 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 539 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

209 
WFUS52 KILM 131315
TORILM
NCC141-131345-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0007.200413T1315Z-200413T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
915 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Pender County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 945 AM EDT.
    
* At 915 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Long Creek, or 7 miles south of Burgaw, moving
  northeast at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Burgaw and Ashton around 920 AM EDT.
  White Stocking and Murray Town around 925 AM EDT.
  Maple Hill around 935 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include St.
Helena and Pender Memorial Hospital.

This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 395 and 410.
 
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 3437 7796 3438 7796 3437 7797 3446 7806
      3472 7785 3472 7768 3453 7760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 239DEG 51KT 3445 7797 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

267 
WWUS52 KILM 131327
SVSILM

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

NCC141-131345-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200413T1345Z/
Pender NC-
927 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
PENDER COUNTY...
    
At 925 AM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located near White Stocking,
or near Burgaw, moving northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Public confirmed tornado.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornado will be near...
  Maple Hill around 935 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include St.
Helena and Pender Memorial Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3437 7796 3438 7796 3437 7797 3446 7806
      3472 7785 3472 7768 3453 7760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1325Z 239DEG 51KT 3453 7782 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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693 
WWUS52 KILM 131343
SVSILM

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

NCC141-131353-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200413T1345Z/
Pender NC-
943 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PENDER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 945
AM 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 noon EDT for southeastern
North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3437 7796 3438 7796 3437 7797 3446 7806
      3472 7785 3472 7768 3453 7760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 239DEG 51KT 3466 7756 

$$

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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, 7:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	52 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, 9:17 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.