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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 27, 2021Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2021, 6:20 PM EDT for 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: Mar 27, 2021, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -315 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 27, 3:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 27, 4:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:32 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
532 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

NCZ096-099-272230-
Columbus NC-Bladen NC-
532 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

At 532 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Hallsboro, or near Whiteville, moving northeast at 20 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Rowan, Carvers, Lisbon, Lagoon, Elkton, Emerson, Council, Kelly,
Hallsboro and White Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Thunderstorms can pose a variety of threats including gusty winds,
small hail, cloud to ground lightning, and localized flooding. It is
recommended that you remain indoors until the storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3432 7859 3440 7873 3465 7848 3447 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 225DEG 17KT 3438 7861

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
620 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

NCZ105-272245-
Inland Pender NC-
620 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN PENDER COUNTY UNTIL 645
PM EDT...

At 619 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Penderlea, or 7 miles southwest of Wallace, moving northeast at 35
mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Penderlea and Willard.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Thunderstorms can pose a variety of threats including gusty winds,
small hail, cloud to ground lightning, and localized flooding. It is
recommended that you remain indoors until the storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3472 7799 3471 7798 3472 7796 3472 7785
      3459 7811 3465 7818 3468 7816 3471 7811
      3472 7811 3473 7810 3472 7805 3473 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 232DEG 30KT 3468 7810

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 3:24 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	ILM		8 hr
Mar 27, 6:21 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ILM	Robeson	4 hr
Mar 27, 3:14 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		41 hr
Mar 27, 3:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	56 min
Mar 27, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	47 min
Mar 27, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	58 min
Mar 27, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Hoke	23 min
Mar 27, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	32 min
Mar 27, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	26 min
Mar 27, 9:10 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Florence, Marion	12 days

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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.