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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 2, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Bladen County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:04 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 W Clarkton, NC | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF ABBOTTSBURG WITH MINOR TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED. VIEW PNS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. |
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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
939
WFUS52 KILM 030100
TORILM
NCC017-030130-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0005.210603T0100Z-210603T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
900 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...
* Until 930 PM EDT.
* At 858 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Abbottsburg, or 10 miles north of Whiteville,
moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Elkton around 915 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Clarkton and Dublin.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3468 7871 3447 7851 3446 7865 3447 7867
3446 7876 3448 7878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 231DEG 13KT 3449 7872
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
IGB2 follow-up statements
099
WWUS52 KILM 030118
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
918 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
NCC017-030130-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210603T0130Z/
Bladen NC-
918 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY...
At 918 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Abbottsburg, or near Elizabethtown, moving northeast
at 15 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Bladen County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3468 7871 3447 7851 3451 7868 3454 7872
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 231DEG 13KT 3454 7865
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
IGB178
WWUS52 KILM 030126
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
926 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
NCC017-030136-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210603T0130Z/
Bladen NC-
926 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3468 7871 3447 7851 3451 7868 3454 7872
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 231DEG 13KT 3455 7864
$$
BoatmanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 1:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 16 min |
| Jun 3, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 33 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.