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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2021, 6:15 AM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Robeson County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
300
WFUS52 KILM 081015
TORILM
NCC155-081045-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0009.210708T1015Z-210708T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
615 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina...
* Until 645 AM EDT.
* At 615 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Smiths, or near Lumberton, moving northwest at 25
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Lumberton, Barker Ten Mile, Robeson Community College and
Howellsville around 625 AM EDT.
St. Pauls around 645 AM EDT.
This includes Interstate 95 IN North Carolina between mile markers 21
and 32.
LAT...LON 3459 7886 3456 7893 3478 7911 3483 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 153DEG 22KT 3463 7893
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
III1 follow-up statement
999
WWUS52 KILM 081037
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
637 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
NCC155-081047-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210708T1045Z/
Robeson NC-
637 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 AM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3459 7886 3456 7893 3478 7911 3483 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 1037Z 153DEG 22KT 3474 7900
$$
IIIThe 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, 6:33 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, 9:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 18 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 |
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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.