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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 28, 2000Georgetown County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2000, 4:21 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 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: May 28, 2000, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Georgetown County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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: 979 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1248 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

915 
WUUS52 KILM 282022
SVRILM
SCC043-282115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
421 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SAMPIT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
  GEORGETOWN AT 425 PM EDT
  OATLAND AT 430 PM EDT
  PAWLEYS ISLAND AT 445 PM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

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 3327 7964 3314 7948 3340 7898 3363 7921

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 28, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
255 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

SURFACE LOW TO PUSH EAST ACROSS NC AND MAKE ITS WAY TO THE COAST
TNGT. ILM CWA...ESPECIALLY ALONG COAST REMAINS IN THE SW FLOW.
TOWARD MORNING...FRONT ALONG COAST WITH WINDS SHIFTING NW. MAIN VORT
SWINGS THROUGH BASE OF H5 TROUGH TNT INTO EARLY MON OVER MTNS OF NC
AND PUSHES TO COAST DURING MON. TROUGH REMAINS ALONG THE COAST INTO
EARLY TUE AS RIDGE OUT WEST BEGINS TO BUILD IN.

FOR TONIGHT...LIKELY POPS THIS EVENING AND SCALE BACK SOME DURING
THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. WILL NEED TO KEEP POPS FOR MON AS COASTAL LOW
AND FRONT ARE SLOW TO PUSH OUT TO SEA AND WITH PROVIDE A CONTINUED
CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. LESS CLOUD COVER AND MODERATING TEMPS INTO
EXTENDED.

CWF...WINDS STRUGGLING TO REACH SCA LEVELS AND WITH FRONT COMING IN
WILL OPT TO KEEP FLAGS FLYING TNGT. SCA ADVISORY POSSIBLE INTO MON
AS WINDS SWITCH TO N. WILL EVALUATE FOR NEED FOR SCA.

ILM BB 066/080 059/080 062 420
FLO BB 065/081 058/079 061 420
MYR BB 067/080 058/078 062 420

.ILM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ250-252-254-256.

PJN

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 1:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
122 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

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

1245 PM    FLORENCE                  SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/00   FLORENCE                       FLORENCE 911 REPORTED TREE
                                          DOWN ON ALLIGATOR RD.

DL

Local storm report, May 28, 1:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
124 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

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

0127 PM    NR FAIRMONT               NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/00   ROBESON                        ROBESON COMMUNICATIONS
                                          REPORTED TREE DOWN ON HWY
                                          130

DL

Local storm report, May 28, 1:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
159 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

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

0125 PM    PEMBROKE                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/00   ROBESON                        LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          TREES DOWN OVER MUCH OF THE
                                          COUNTY

DL

Local storm report, May 28, 2:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
226 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

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

0200 PM    NR TABOR CITY             NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/00   COLUMBUS                       TREES DOWN

0205 PM    3 N WHITEVILLE            NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/00   COLUMBUS                       TREES DOWN

DL

Local storm report, May 28, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
257 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

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

0255 PM    2 W HAMPSTEAD             NC   65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/28/00   PENDER                         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                                          EMPLOYEE REPORTED WIND
                                          GUSTS

DL

Local storm report, May 28, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
321 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

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

0310 PM    3 E LELAND                NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/00   BRUNSWICK/NEW HANOVER          PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER
                                          BRIDGE CROSSING THE
                                          BRUNSWICK / NEW HANOVER
                                          COUNTY LINE

DL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 12:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	57 min
May 28, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	37 min
May 28, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	54 min
May 28, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion, Williamsburg	60 min
May 28, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.