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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 27, 2023Brunswick County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2023, 4:01 AM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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: Mar 27, 2023, 4:01 AM EDT (08:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2023, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 29 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), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 27, 4:01 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Se Longwood, NC	Camper overturned. Tree damage. Possible tornado. Storm survey team en route. Time estimated by radar.
Mar 27, 4:09 AM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Supply, NC	Law enforcement reported a possible funnel cloud looking south from near Hwy 211 and Hwy 17.

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

203 
WFUS52 KILM 270801
TORILM
NCC019-270830-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0002.230327T0801Z-230327T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
401 AM EDT Mon Mar 27 2023

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

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

* Until 430 AM EDT.
    
* At 401 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Grissettown, or near Ocean Isle Beach, moving east
  at 30 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...
  Ocean Isle Beach and Russtown around 405 AM EDT.
  Shallotte around 415 AM EDT.
  Civie Town around 420 AM EDT.
  Supply around 425 AM EDT.
  Holden Beach, Ocean Crest Pier, Long Beach and Brunswick County 
  Community College Main Campus around 430 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bolivia, Varnamtown and Brunswick Novant Medical Center.

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 3391 7810 3391 7829 3390 7837 3386 7853
      3387 7856 3405 7854 3411 7807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 276DEG 25KT 3395 7847 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

RJB

2 follow-up statements

355 
WWUS52 KILM 270813
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
413 AM EDT Mon Mar 27 2023

NCC019-270830-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230327T0830Z/
Brunswick NC-
413 AM EDT Mon Mar 27 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTY...
    
At 412 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Shallotte, moving east 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...
  Holden Beach around 430 AM EDT.
  Oak Island around 445 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Varnamtown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3391 7829 3390 7837 3386 7853 3388 7850
      3404 7841 3399 7824 3391 7816
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 289DEG 24KT 3392 7838 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

RJB

950 
WWUS52 KILM 270827 RRA
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
427 AM EDT Mon Mar 27 2023

NCC019-270837-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230327T0830Z/
Brunswick NC-
427 AM EDT Mon Mar 27 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 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 3391 7829 3390 7837 3386 7853 3388 7850
      3404 7841 3399 7824 3391 7816
TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 276DEG 25KT 3391 7827 

$$

RJB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 3:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Columbus, Robeson	75 min
Mar 27, 3:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus, Pender	40 min
Mar 27, 3:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover	66 min
Mar 27, 3:49 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		56 min
Mar 27, 4:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	2 hr
Mar 27, 4:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Columbus	119 min
Mar 27, 4:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	30 min
Mar 27, 4:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.