Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Aug 11, 2000, 11:47 AM EDT (15:47 UTC)

Expired

Aug 11, 2000, 12:30 PM EDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Bladen County, NC

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WUUS52 KILM 111547
SVRILM
NCC017-111630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1147 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 1142 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER WHITE
  LAKE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   CLARKTON AT 1155 AM EDT
   KELLY AT 1230 PM EDT

HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER... AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58
MILES AN HOUR...ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC.

$$

.END

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 11, 9:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
955 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2000

12Z MHX AND CHS RAOBS INDICATING AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AS LI VALUES
AROUND -7. MODIFIED CAPES 2500-2700. AS FOG BURNS OFF...SHOULD SEE
AREAS HEAT UP QUITE WELL...FURTHER DESTABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE.
FRONT AND TROUGH AHEAD OF IT CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY EAST THIS AFTN
AND PROVIDE FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE WARM
AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THUS...GOING 40 POPS ARE JUSTIFIED.

WILL LIKELY SEE SOME CLOUD COVER MOVE IN FROM THE WEST BUT SHOULD
NOT KEEP REGION FROM BEING WORDED PARTLY CLOUDY.

CWF:  SW WINDS CONTINUE AT BEACHES AND OFFSHORE THIS AFTN. IN THE
RANGE OF 15 KT SHOULD HOLD. FPSN7 BEGINNING TO SEE LARGER WAVE
PERIODS ON LAST OB.

.ILM...NONE.

PJN

In the hours before

AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ097-100-101-SCZ034-046-132300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
955 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2000

...POTENTIAL FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGHOUT THIS WEEKEND...

DISTANT SWELLS FROM ALBERTO WILL AFFECT THE AREA BEACHES OF
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH
SUNDAY. THE MAIN THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE 3 TO 5 FT SWELLS WILL
BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND UNDER TOWS. THE
TIMES MOST VULNERABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS TO OCCUR...ARE AROUND THE
TIMES OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1215 PM TODAY AND 100 PM
SUNDAY.

RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG NARROW CHANNELS OF FLOWING WATER MOVING OUT
TO SEA. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM. TRY TO
SWIM ON A COURSE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH...UNTIL YOU ARE OUT
OF THE GRIP OF THIS NARROW STREAM OF WATER...THEN SWIM TO SHORE. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE AGAINST THE RIP SINCE IT CAN
EXHAUST OR EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.

HOEHLER
NNNN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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