Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 5:12 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
- May 25, 2000, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Loris, SC | Skywarn network reported quarter-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2013 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
775 WUUS52 KILM 252113 SVRILM SCC051-252200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 512 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GALIVANTS FERRY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF MULLINS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR AYNOR AT 515 PM EDT COOL SPRING AT 520 PM EDT BAYBORO AT 530 PM EDT ALLSBROOK AT 535 PM EDT LONGS AT 555 PM EDT REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC. $$ LGE
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 May 25, 2:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 230 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000 COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO SW VA AND WESTERN NC EXTENDING INTO NRN SECTIONS OF GA AL AND MS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN ILM CWA...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND THE 70 DEGREE MARK AND HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES. ANOTHER S/W TO MOVE EAST AND SINK SOUTH OVER THE AREA TNGT. COLD FRONT IN VICINITY TO PROVIDE A BETTER CHC FOR SHWRS AND TSTMS. WILL GO 50 POPS TNGT PERIOD. COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA EARLY FRI AS MODELS DEVELOP A LOW ALONG COAST. WITH FRONT AND LOW DEVELOPING IN VCNTY WILL RETAIN SMALL POP INTO FRI. HIGH BUILDS IN LATER FRI AND SAT WITH SOME CLOUD COVER LINGERING FRI. NEXT FRONT APPROACHES LATE SAT AND PROVIDES MORE CHANCES FOR RAIN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE THROUGH PERIOD AND WILL NOT DEVIATE TOO MUCH FROM THEM. EXPECTING A FEW DEGREES COOLER TOMORROW WITH CLOUDS AROUND AND WINDS TURNING NORTH. ONLY A FEW DEGREES THOUGH WITH TEMPS INCREASING AGAIN SAT WITH PLENTY OF SUN. CWF...WINDS SW BECOMING W TONIGHT IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE. WITH FRONT IN VCNTY WILL GO VARIABLE FRI AT 10 KT. AS HIGH BRIEFLY BUILDS IN A MORE EASTERLY DIRECTION SHOULD BE SEEN FRI NIGHT AND THEN WINDS BECOME SE AT 15 KT OR LESS AS NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES. PRELIM CCF: ILM BU 070/088 066/090 069 30520 FLO BU 068/088 065/091 069 30520 MYR BU 068/086 066/088 068 30520 .ILM...NONE. PJN
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 25, 3:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
354 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0350 PM OAK GROVE SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/00 DILLON
DRHSpecial weather statement, May 25, 4:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034- 039-046-261000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 425 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. SKYWARN SPOTTERS... NETWORK ACTIVATION IN NEEDED. SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE CAROLINAS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO FEATURES WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
Local storm report, May 25, 4:47 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
447 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0443 PM 4 E FLORENCE SC WIND DAMAGE
05/25/00 FLORENCE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREE DOWN NEAR DUPONT PLANTLocal storm report, May 25, 5:00 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
500 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0457 PM 5 N MARION SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/00 MARION ON NORTH END OF HIGHWAY
501 BYPASS
DRHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon | 26 min |
| May 25, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon | 45 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence | 30 min |
| May 25, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Marion | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 26 min |
| May 25, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 22 min |
| May 25, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 17 min |
| May 25, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 43 min |
Nearby
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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.