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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 3, 2021Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2021, 12:53 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 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 3, 2021, 12:53 PM EDT (16:53 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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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: 370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 May 3, 12:33 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 12:33 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 7:13 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 12:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1253 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

NCZ096-031745-
Bladen NC-
1253 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTY UNTIL 145
PM EDT...

At 1252 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bladen Community College, or 9 miles northwest of Elizabethtown,
moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Ruskin, Bladen Community College, Ammon, White Oak, Jerome, Dublin
and Tar Heel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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LAT...LON 3484 7849 3483 7847 3481 7846 3481 7845
      3479 7844 3476 7841 3456 7877 3462 7883
      3465 7881 3466 7882 3467 7881 3469 7881
      3472 7884 3475 7885 3485 7873 3485 7852
      3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 230DEG 20KT 3468 7877

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	33 min
May 3, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	49 min
May 3, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		31 min
May 3, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	51 min
May 3, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		30 min
May 3, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		28 min
May 3, 7:59 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
May 3, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	60 min
May 3, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	37 min
May 3, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence, Williamsburg	21 min
May 3, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion	63 min
May 3, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	31 min
May 3, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry, Marion	40 min
May 3, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	32 min
May 3, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	32 min
May 3, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	65 min
May 3, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	32 min

Nearby

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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.