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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 29, 2021Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2021, 9:14 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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 29, 2021, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 957 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.9

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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 29, 8:42 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 8:42 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 8:40 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 5:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
546 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCZ096-099-292230-
Columbus NC-Bladen NC-
546 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

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

At 546 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Emerson, or 8 miles northeast of Whiteville, moving northeast at 15
mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lagoon, Elkton, Lisbon, Emerson, Clarkton 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 3477 7843 3475 7839 3473 7839 3472 7838
      3470 7837 3469 7835 3468 7835 3467 7832
      3465 7832 3464 7831 3463 7832 3460 7830
      3458 7827 3436 7862 3443 7870 3457 7863
      3479 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 227DEG 11KT 3441 7859

21

Special weather statement, May 29, 6:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
641 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCZ096-105-292330-
Bladen NC-Inland Pender NC-
641 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WEST CENTRAL PENDER AND SOUTHEASTERN
BLADEN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

At 640 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Carvers, or 15 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, moving east at 15
mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Rowan, Carvers, Council and Kelly.

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 3458 7827 3458 7826 3456 7825 3456 7826
      3455 7825 3460 7822 3441 7818 3438 7845
      3440 7851 3449 7855 3461 7830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 252DEG 14KT 3447 7843

21

Special weather statement, May 29, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
740 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCZ087-096-099-300015-
Robeson NC-Columbus NC-Bladen NC-
740 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EAST CENTRAL ROBESON...SOUTHWESTERN
BLADEN AND NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

At 740 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Butters, or 11 miles southeast of Lumberton, moving east at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bladenboro, Boardman, Bladen Community College, Abbottsburg, Butters,
Elkton, Emerson, Evergreen, Clarkton and Dublin.

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 3440 7891 3453 7901 3470 7868 3445 7856
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 249DEG 18KT 3450 7888

21

Special weather statement, May 29, 8:23 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
823 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCZ096-099-300115-
Columbus NC-Bladen NC-
823 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

At 823 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Whiteville, moving east at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Whiteville, Chadbourn, Abbottsburg, Lisbon, Lagoon, Elkton, Emerson,
Council, Southeastern Community College, Clarkton, White Lake and
Columbus Regional Healthcare System.

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 7884 3455 7872 3468 7837 3433 7845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 254DEG 18KT 3442 7870

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Special weather statement, May 29, 8:24 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
824 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCZ096-300115-
Bladen NC-
824 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY UNTIL
915 PM EDT...

At 824 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
White Oak, or 9 miles north of Elizabethtown, moving east at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Ruskin, Ammon and White Oak.

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 3484 7849 3483 7847 3481 7846 3481 7845
      3477 7843 3475 7839 3473 7839 3472 7838
      3470 7837 3469 7836 3465 7868 3483 7872
      3485 7866 3485 7852 3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 254DEG 18KT 3476 7864

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Special weather statement, May 29, 9:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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 29, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	52 min
May 29, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	51 min
May 29, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	31 min
May 30, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		36 min
May 30, 3:34 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	11 hr
May 29, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion	53 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.