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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 1, 2021Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 17 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: Aug 1, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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
Aug 1, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

827 
WUUS52 KILM 011946
SVRILM
NCC155-012015-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0038.210801T1946Z-210801T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
346 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 415 PM EDT.

* At 346 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rex, or 10
  miles northeast of Red Springs, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Rex, Shannon, Parkton, Rennert and Lumber Bridge. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3490 7894 3488 7892 3486 7893 3483 7890
      3482 7890 3482 7914 3488 7913 3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 276DEG 21KT 3491 7905 

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

MBB

1 follow-up statement

730 
WWUS52 KILM 012003
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
403 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NCC155-012012-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210801T2015Z/
Robeson NC-
403 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
southeastern North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3490 7894 3488 7892 3486 7893 3483 7890
      3482 7890 3482 7914 3488 7913 3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 276DEG 21KT 3490 7893 

$$

MBB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 8:26 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Jul 31, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	62 min
Aug 1, 3:47 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	15 hr
Aug 1, 7:27 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		48 min
Aug 1, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	61 min
Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	25 min
Aug 1, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	46 min
Aug 1, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Pender	30 min
Aug 1, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	46 min
Aug 1, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	52 min
Aug 1, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	31 min
Aug 1, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		59 min
Aug 1, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		60 min
Aug 1, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	44 min
Aug 1, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		66 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.