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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 29, 2021Bladen County, Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 6:50 PM EDT for Bladen County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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
May 29, 2021, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bladen County, NC, Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 873 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

459 
WUUS52 KILM 292250
SVRILM
NCC017-141-292315-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0022.210529T2250Z-210529T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
650 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Pender County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Southeastern Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 650 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carvers, or
  16 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rowan, Carvers, Point Caswell, Council, Kelly and Atkinson. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3442 7814 3440 7846 3450 7851 3460 7829
      3458 7827 3458 7826 3456 7825 3456 7826
      3455 7825 3463 7820 3463 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 252DEG 14KT 3447 7840 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements
741 
WWUS52 KILM 292300
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
700 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCC017-141-292315-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210529T2315Z/
Pender NC-Bladen NC-
700 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PENDER AND SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN COUNTIES...

At 659 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kelly, or 17
miles southeast of Elizabethtown, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Rowan, Point Caswell, Kelly and Atkinson. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3443 7814 3443 7838 3451 7843 3460 7829
      3458 7827 3458 7826 3456 7825 3456 7826
      3455 7825 3463 7820 3463 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 252DEG 14KT 3448 7836 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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303 
WWUS52 KILM 292310
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
710 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCC017-141-292320-
/O.EXP.KILM.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210529T2315Z/
Pender NC-Bladen NC-
710 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PENDER AND
SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
                
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.

LAT...LON 3443 7814 3443 7838 3451 7843 3460 7829
      3458 7827 3458 7826 3456 7825 3456 7826
      3455 7825 3463 7820 3463 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 252DEG 14KT 3449 7832 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:59 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover12 hr
May 29, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen44 min
May 29, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen49 min
May 29, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen35 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.