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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 3, 2000Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2000, 9:53 PM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 67 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: Jun 3, 2000, 9:53 PM EDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2000, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 10:30 PM EDT	Hail 0.88	Nichols, SC	Farmer reported nickel 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 1285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KILM 040154
SVRILM
SCC041-067-040300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
953 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 953 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF PAMPLICO...OR
  ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
  KINGSBURG AT 1005 PM EDT
  CENTENARY AT 1015 PM EDT
  BRITTON NECK AT 1025 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS 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.

$$
DIGIORGI

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 Jun 3, 9:29 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:29 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
929 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 2000

SFC FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE CWA ATTM PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS. SFC LOW CURRENTLY SW OF FLO CONTINUES
TO MOVE SW AS INDICATED BY LAST SEVERAL HOURS OF MSAS ANALYSES. 18Z
MESOETA INDICATES SOME H5 SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION TO CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. WILL ADJUST POPS AS NEEDED BASED ON COVERAGE AT ISSUANCE.
MIN TEMPS LOOK OK BASED ON A QUICK GLANCE AT 01Z DEWPOINTS.

CWF: EXPECTED WIND SHIFT OVERNIGHT INDICATED IN ONGOING FCST. WILL
TWEAK AS NEEDED BASED ON LATEST POSITION OF FRONT.

.ILM...NONE.

MORGAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
707 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 2000

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

0655 PM    5 SW GARLAND              NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/03/00   BLADEN                         TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION
                                          OF ROUTE 701 AND 210

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
750 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 2000

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

0655 PM    5 SW GARLAND              NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/03/00   BLADEN                         TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION
                                          OF ROUTE 701 AND 210

0740 PM    LUMBERTON                 NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/00   ROBESON                        SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL ON SE SIDE
                                          AT LONG BRANCH COUNTRY STORE

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
843 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

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

0655 PM    5 SW GARLAND              NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/03/00   BLADEN                         EMC REPORTED STRUCTURE
                                          DAMAGE TO A HORSE BARN AND
                                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN. ALSO
                                          NOTED DAMAGE TO GARDENS
                                          ...LIKELY A RESULT OF
                                          OF LARGE HAIL.

NNNN
CRM

Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:55 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
855 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

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

0840 PM    BLADENBORO                NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/00   BLADEN                         EMC REPORTED DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL.

NNNN
CRM

Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:18 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
918 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2000

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

0745 PM    BOLTON                    NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/00   COLUMBUS                       BOLTON

0805 PM    WHITEVILLE                NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/03/00   COLUMBUS                       TREES DOWN WEST SIDE TOWN

0830 PM    TABOR CITY                NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/03/00   COLUMBUS                       TREES DOWN ACROSS POWER
                                          LINES

0900 PM    EVERGREEN                 NC   .88 INCH HAIL
06/03/00   COLUMBUS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington	47 min
Jun 3, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon	58 min
Jun 3, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	67 min
Jun 4, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	42 min
Jun 4, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	46 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.