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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2021, 4:47 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 8, 2021, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 4:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Orrum, NC | LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON MACEDONIA CHURCH ROAD ACROSS FROM THE SUN-DO KWIK SHOP, NEAR THE COLUMBUS/ROBESON COUNTY LINE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
089 WUUS52 KILM 082047 SVRILM NCC017-047-155-082115- /O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0046.210908T2047Z-210908T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wilmington NC 447 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina... Southwestern Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina... Northwestern Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 447 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Evergreen, or 12 miles west of Whiteville, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Chadbourn, Bladenboro, Boardman, Abbottsburg, Butters, Barnesville, Evergreen, Southeastern Community College, Cerro Gordo, Marietta, Proctorville and Orrum. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3426 7884 3436 7914 3466 7893 3455 7862 TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 205DEG 20KT 3437 7891 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ MBB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:51 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 11 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 29 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.