Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2021, 9:10 AM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 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
- Jul 8, 2021, 9:10 AM EDT (13:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 9:28 AM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 2167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
419
WFUS52 KILM 081310
TORILM
NCC019-081345-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0013.210708T1310Z-210708T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
910 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Brunswick County in southeastern North Carolina...
* Until 945 AM EDT.
* At 909 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Caswell Beach, moving north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Caswell Beach and Yaupon Beach around 915 AM EDT.
Oak Island, St. James and Southport around 920 AM EDT.
Boiling Spring Lakes and Mill Creek around 935 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Dosher
Memorial Hospital.
This includes US Route 17 in Brunswick County between mile markers 31
and 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3385 7800 3386 7801 3388 7800 3387 7802
3389 7802 3391 7810 3391 7815 3412 7814
3410 7793 3406 7793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1309Z 192DEG 37KT 3384 7808
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
VAO1 follow-up statement
184
WWUS52 KILM 081328
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
928 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
NCC019-081338-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210708T1345Z/
Brunswick NC-
928 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM EDT for southeastern
North Carolina.
LAT...LON 3385 7800 3386 7801 3388 7800 3387 7802
3389 7802 3391 7810 3391 7815 3412 7814
3410 7793 3406 7793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 192DEG 37KT 3403 7803
$$
VAOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 56 min | |
| Jul 8, 5:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 62 min | |
| Jul 8, 6:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 6:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Jul 8, 7:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 34 min | |
| Jul 8, 7:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Robeson | 92 min |
| Jul 8, 8:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 20 min | |
| Jul 8, 8:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 10 min |
| Jul 8, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 12 min | |
| Jul 8, 1:11 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 10 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 29 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2021Every tornado warning in 2021Tornadoes in 2021
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.