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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 17, 2000Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2000, 11:50 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 70 min. 4 reports 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: Apr 17, 2000, 11:50 PM EDT (03:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2000, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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
Apr 18, 12:30 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55 E	Dublin, NC	Law enforcement reported a tree down on a power line.
Apr 18, 12:45 AM EDT	Hail 1.5	Kelly, NC	Coop observer reported 1 1/2 inch hail.
Apr 18, 12:45 AM EDT	Hail 0.88	Whiteville, NC	Law enforcement reported nickle size hail.
Apr 18, 1:05 AM EDT	Hail 0.75	Lake Waccamaw, NC	Coop observer reported dime size hail.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 17, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KILM 180351
SVRILM
NCC017-047-SCC043-051-180500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1150 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETHTOWN TO 6 MILES
  NORTH OF GALIVANTS FERRY TO 18 MILES NORTH OF ANDREWS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
  GALIVANTS FERRY AT 1150 PM EDT
  CERRO GORDO AT 1155 PM EDT
  CHERRY GROVE AT MIDNIGHT EDT
  CHADBOURN AT 1205 AM EDT
  ANDREWS AT 1210 AM EDT
  WHITEVILLE AT 1215 AM EDT

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

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

$$
MORGAN

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 Apr 17, 8:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 8:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
853 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

SFC LOW HAS BEEN DROPPING SE INTO UPSTATE SC LAST SEVERAL HOURS AND
3-HR PRES CHANGE INDICATES A CONTINUED SE MOVEMENT. LI -4 OR SO
ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA AND PVA SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION GOING FOR
SEVERAL MORE HOURS. INITIAL BAND OF SHRA/TSRA IS CURRENTLY PUSHING
THROUGH WILLIAMSBURG...FLORENCE AND DARLINGTON COUNITES. SOME
ADDITIONAL TSRA DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING CLOSER TO THE LOW CENTER
AND MAY BE ENHANCED BY FAVORABLE POSITION OF MID/UPR JET. MARGINAL
SVR THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS WATCH 174 STATES.

ANY CHANGES TO FCST WOULD BE POP ADJUSTMENT AS NEEDED AT ISSUANCE
TIME BUT OVERALL EXPECT NO MAJOR CHANGES.

CWF: WILL ADJUST AS NEEDED BASED ON LATEST BUOY OBS BUT FCST
GENERALLY LOOKING GOOD.

.ILM...NONE.

MORGAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 9:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
958 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0940 PM    3 NE  FLORENCE            SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/17/00   FLORENCE

DL

Local storm report, Apr 17, 10:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1001 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1000 PM    3 SE HARTSVILLE           SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/17/00   DARLINGTON

DL

Local storm report, Apr 17, 10:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1032 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1018 PM    2 N HARTSVILLE            SC   .88 INCH HAIL
04/17/00   DARLINGTON

DL

Local storm report, Apr 17, 10:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1042 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1038 PM    NR LATTA                  SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/17/00   DILLON

DL

Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:09 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1109 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1116 PM    8 W  KINGSTREE            SC   WIND DAMAGE
04/17/00   WILLIAMSBURG                   TREES DOWN

DL

Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:46 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1146 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....h

1140 PM    NR FAIRMONT               NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/17/00   ROBESON

DL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 11:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	44 min
Apr 18, 12:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	40 min
Apr 18, 12:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	48 min
Apr 18, 1:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus, Pender	55 min
Apr 18, 1:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	45 min
Apr 18, 1:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	39 min
Apr 18, 1:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	32 min
Apr 17, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	44 min
Apr 17, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	37 min
Apr 17, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Florence	59 min
Apr 17, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	32 min
Apr 17, 11:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	59 min
Apr 17, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Marion	48 min
Apr 17, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	30 min
Apr 17, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	70 min

Nearby

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

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.