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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 16, 2021Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2021, 12:29 AM EST for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
Feb 16, 2021, 12:29 AM EST (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2021, 1:00 AM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

271 
WUUS52 KILM 160529
SVRILM
NCC141-160600-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0002.210216T0529Z-210216T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1229 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Pender County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 100 AM EST.

* At 1229 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Northwest,
  or 9 miles northwest of Leland, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Burgaw, White Stocking, Point Caswell, Long Creek, Murray Town,
  Montague, Malpass Corner, Ashton, Rocky Point, Currie, Wards
  Corner, The Borough, St. Helena, Watha and Pender Memorial
  Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3435 7807 3435 7809 3437 7813 3443 7821
      3469 7791 3448 7769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 220DEG 39KT 3431 7817 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

VAO
2 follow-up statements
955 
WWUS52 KILM 160546
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1246 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021

NCC141-160600-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210216T0600Z/
Pender NC-
1246 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST
FOR CENTRAL PENDER COUNTY...

At 1245 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Long Creek, or
9 miles southwest of Burgaw, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Burgaw, White Stocking, Point Caswell, Long Creek, Murray Town,
Montague, Malpass Corner, Ashton, Rocky Point, Currie, Wards Corner,
The Borough, St. Helena, Watha and Pender Memorial Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3435 7807 3435 7809 3437 7813 3443 7821
      3469 7791 3448 7769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 220DEG 39KT 3445 7802 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

VAO
091 
WWUS52 KILM 160556
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1256 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021

NCC141-160606-
/O.EXP.KILM.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210216T0600Z/
Pender NC-
1256 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PENDER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 100 AM EST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3435 7807 3435 7809 3437 7813 3443 7821
      3469 7791 3448 7769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 220DEG 39KT 3453 7794 

$$

VAO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 10:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMPender21 days
Feb 15, 10:43 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningILM32 min
Feb 15, 11:11 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningILM22 min
Feb 15, 11:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick17 min
Feb 15, 11:39 PM ESTTornado WarningILMBrunswick11 min
Feb 15, 11:48 PM ESTTornado WarningILMBrunswick13 min
Feb 15, 11:55 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningILM50 min
Feb 16, 12:00 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedILMBrunswick, Columbus15 min
Feb 16, 12:43 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningILM32 min
Feb 16, 12:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender63 min
Feb 16, 1:03 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover, Pender87 min
Feb 16, 1:07 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningILM38 min

Nearby

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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.