Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 25, 2000Georgetown County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 8:14 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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: May 25, 2000, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Georgetown County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 8:20 PM EDT	Hail 1	Georgetown, SC	Georgetown 911 reported quarter-size hail.
May 25, 8:25 PM EDT	Hail 1	Georgetown, SC	Georgetown 911 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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 5760 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 19.9

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The text

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

670 
WUUS52 KILM 260014
SVRILM
SCC043-260045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
814 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF SAMPIT...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST
  OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
  GEORGETOWN AT 825 PM EDT
  PAWLEYS ISLAND AT 835 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.

$$

LAT...LON 3344 7952 3326 7953 3323 7891 3345 7890

LGE/RAN

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, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 44 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, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
628 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000

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

0625 PM    HOLDEN BEACH              SC   .88 INCH HAIL
05/25/00   BRUNSWICK

DRH

Local storm report, May 25, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
635 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000

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

0617 PM    MYRTLE BEACH              SC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/00   HORRY                          REPORTED AT MYRTLE BEACH
                                          INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

DRH

Local storm report, May 25, 6:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
646 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000

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

0626 PM    CALABASH                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/25/00   BRUNSWICK                      LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ON HICKMAN ROAD.

DRH

Local storm report, May 25, 6:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
659 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000

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

0650 PM    CALABASH                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/25/00   BRUNSWICK                      LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          ROOF BLOWN OFF AT INDIGO
                                          PLANTATION.

Local storm report, May 25, 7:19 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
719 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000

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

0710 PM    PAWLEYS ISLAND            SC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/00   GEORGETOWN                    MRR

Local storm report, May 25, 7:24 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
724 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000

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

0720 PM    5 S PAWLEYS ISLAND        SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/00   GEORGETOWN                    DRH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	27 min
May 25, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	51 min
May 25, 9:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	43 min
May 25, 9:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Marion	24 min
May 25, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry, Marion	45 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.