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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 8, 2021Robeson County, North Carolina

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 272 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

III
1 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 

$$

III

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 4:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM56 min
Jul 8, 5:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM62 min
Jul 8, 6:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM57 min
Jul 8, 7:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM34 min
Jul 8, 7:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMRobeson92 min
Jul 8, 8:27 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus2 hr
Jul 8, 8:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM20 min
Jul 8, 8:57 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus10 min
Jul 8, 9:10 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick18 min
Jul 8, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM12 min
Jul 8, 1:11 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover10 hr
Jul 8, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender29 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.