Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Nov 2, 1997, 1:14 AM EST (06:14 UTC)

Expired

Nov 2, 1997, 1:45 AM EST

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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TTAA00 KILM 020613 RRA
SVRILM
SCC051-067-020645-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
114 AM EST SUN NOV 2 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A...

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 145 AM EST

 
* AT 112 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH 25 MILES WEST OF MYRTLE BEACH OR 5
  MILES SOUTH OF BRITTON NECK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
        BRITTON NECK            BY 114 AM EST
        JORDANVILLE             BY 120 AM EST
        CONWAY                  BY 130 AM EST
        AYNOR                   BY 130 AM EST
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
P^ROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

LGE/JAH

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 2, 1:10 AM EST, 4 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
110 AM EST SUN NOV 2 1997

ZFP: TRENDS IN ZONES APPEAR RIGHT ON TARGET. SOME TIMING ADJUSTMENTS
WILL BE NECESSARY IN ENDING RNFL AND CLEARING THE SKIES. BELIEVE
MOST OF THE CLEARING WILL BE THIS AFTN AND ERN NC CAN BE WORDED MOSTLY
CLR TONIGHT. CONTINUE LIKELY MORNING POPS MOST AREAS AS VERY STRONG
DYNAMICS SLINGSLOT THRU THE FA. SW WNDS MAY NEED TO BE BUMPED UP TO
15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY ON THE BANKS TDA AND 10 TO 20 MPH ELSEWHERE.
FCST TEMPS MON IN THE MID 60S ON TRACK...BUT MAY SEE SCT MID LVL CLDS
(MOSTLY SUNNY) AS YET ANOTHER VORT MAX ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE BIG E
COAST TROF.

CWF: CURRENT COASTAL FCST ALSO HAS TRENDS IN HAND THIS MORNING. LLJ
INCREASING AND SHOULD SEE A MARKED INCREASE IN SW WNDS FM 09Z-12Z.
SCA WILL REMAIN UP ON COASTAL WATERS AND SOUNDS THIS MORNING. SEAS
ALREADY IN THE 6-8 FT RANGE AT THE TOWERS AND MAY BUMP SEAS UP A BIT
TDA S OF HATTERAS. ONLY CHANGE TO 2ND-3RD PD FCST MAY BE TO INCREASE
SW WNDS AGAIN TO 15-20 KT MON AFTN TO ACCOUNT FOR 30-35 KT LLJ ALG
THE COAST IN ASSOCIATION WITH MID LVL SHORTWAVE PASSING THRU CAROLINAS.

DISC: GETTING DISCUSSION OUT EARLY TO BABYSIT RADAR FOR WHAT COULD BE
A BUSY MORNING. ADAP SHOWS A WEAK RISE/FALL COUPLET IN S CAROLINA THAT
IS TIPPING ITS HAT THAT DYNAMIC SUPPORT IS RAPIDLY INCREASING. TONIGHTS
00Z SOUNDING HAS A LOT OF DRY AIR THAT WAS MISSING LAST NIGHT. ATMOS
IS NOT VRY UNSTBL ACR@OSS COASTAL NC ATTM...BUT ANY BACKING OF LOW LVL
WND FIELDS SHOULD ASSIST SOME INSTABILITY TO ADVCT FROM THE ATLC.

.MHX...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY COASTAL WATERS AND SOUNDS.

RVT

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.