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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 21, 1999Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 1999, 3:56 AM EST for Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 1999, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 1999, 5:00 AM EST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Florence County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 21, 3:08 AM EST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:08 AM EST, 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 21, 3:34 AM EST, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 21, 4:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	61 min
Mar 21, 2:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	60 min
Mar 21, 3:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	53 min
Mar 21, 3:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	62 min
Mar 21, 5:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	40 min
Mar 21, 5:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	47 min
Mar 21, 5:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1999 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

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