Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 1997, 1:24 AM EST for Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 1997, 1:24 AM EST (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 1997, 1:55 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 1:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Aynor, SC | 911 Center reported roaring winds and tree limbs down |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KILM 020623 RRA
TORILM
SCC051-067-020655-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
124 AM EST SUN NOV 2 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A...
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 155 AM EST
* AT 122 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 24
MILES NORTHWEST OF MYRTLE BEACH OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JORDANVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
JORDANVILLE BY 125 AM EST
AYNOR BY 135 AM EST
GALIVANTS FERRY BY 140 AM EST
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY
DOWN IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LGE/JAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 9 min |
| Nov 2, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 24 min |
| Nov 2, 1:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 19 min |
| Nov 2, 1:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 31 min |
| Nov 2, 1:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 46 min |
| Nov 2, 1:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Marion | 46 min |
| Nov 2, 1:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 47 min |
| Nov 2, 2:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.