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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 15, 2021New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2021, 3:34 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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: Jun 15, 2021, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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
Jun 15, 3:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Hampstead, NC	ONE TREE SNAPPED AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE DEERFIELD COMMUNITY ON NORTHLINE DRIVE.

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
Jun 15, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 1287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

465 
WUUS52 KILM 151934
SVRILM
NCC129-141-152000-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0028.210615T1934Z-210615T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
334 PM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern New Hanover County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Southeastern Pender County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 333 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Scotts Hill,
  moving southeast at 25 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...
  Figure Eight Island, Rich Inlet, Hampstead, Topsail Beach, Topsail,
  Bayshore, Scotts Hill, Porters Neck and Ogden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3432 7769 3425 7776 3434 7786 3447 7778
      3439 7759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 303DEG 24KT 3436 7777 

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

MORGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 12:43 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	15 hr
Jun 15, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		66 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		63 min
Jun 15, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		32 min
Jun 15, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	26 min
Jun 15, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		85 min
Jun 15, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	67 min
Jun 15, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		57 min
Jun 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	63 min
Jun 15, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		20 min
Jun 15, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		47 min
Jun 15, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		37 min
Jun 15, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		40 min
Jun 15, 5:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	75 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.