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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 30, 2022Brunswick County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2022, 12:21 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
Sep 30, 2022, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2022, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Brunswick County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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 nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2022-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2022-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 601 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
601 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
915 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

133 
WFUS52 KILM 301621
TORILM
NCC019-301700-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0013.220930T1621Z-220930T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1221 PM EDT Fri Sep 30 2022

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Brunswick County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 100 PM EDT.
    
* At 1221 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 8 miles southeast of Holden Beach, moving
  northwest at 55 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...
  Holden Beach around 1225 PM EDT.
  Shallotte and Ocean Isle Beach around 1235 PM EDT.
  Sunset Beach, Grissettown, Seaside and Russtown around 1240 PM 
  EDT.
  Iredell, Carolina Shores, Calabash and Longwood around 1245 PM 
  EDT.

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 3392 7821 3391 7834 3390 7837 3389 7839
      3387 7850 3385 7854 3394 7865 3396 7864
      3396 7865 3397 7863 3400 7864 3402 7862
      3403 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 123DEG 47KT 3380 7824 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

MORGAN
1 follow-up statement
466 
WWUS52 KILM 301655
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1255 PM EDT Fri Sep 30 2022

NCC019-301704-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220930T1700Z/
Brunswick NC-
1255 PM EDT Fri Sep 30 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 100 PM 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southeastern
North Carolina...and northeastern South Carolina.

LAT...LON 3392 7821 3391 7834 3390 7837 3389 7839
      3387 7850 3385 7854 3394 7865 3396 7864
      3396 7865 3397 7863 3400 7864 3402 7862
      3403 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 123DEG 47KT 3398 7858 

$$

MORGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 6:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, New Hanover3 hr
Sep 30, 9:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, New Hanover6 hr

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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.