Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Jun 4, 2000, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2000, 3:45 PM EDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Williamsburg County, SC

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS52 KILM 041904
SVRILM
SCC089-041945-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
303 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OVER TRIO...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTREE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
  SALTERS AT 305 PM EDT
  KINGSTREE AT 315 PM EDT
  NESMITH AT 340 PM EDT
  HENRY AT 345 PM EDT
  
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD
LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS
AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAYBE WASHED OUT.

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 3353 8005 3336 7970 3373 7937 3384 7987

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
230 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2000

SFC FRONT PROGGED TO LIFT SLOWLY NORTH OVER THE CWA TNGT. SEVERAL
WEAK IMPULSES TO RIDE ALONG FRONT AND PROVIDE CONTINUED CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND TSTMS TNGT. LOW IS SLOW TO TRAVEL NE ALONG WEAK FRONT AND
OFFSHORE NE NC COAST ON MON. WITH FRONT AND LOW PRES REMAINING IN
VCNTY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE CLOUDS AND CHC SHWRS/TSTMS AGAIN MON. H5
TROUGH TO WEST DEEPENS WITH S/W NORTH AND IN SRN STREAM NEARING
AREA. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WEAK S/W RIDE BASE OF TROUGH AND ENTER
CWA IN UPPER LEVEL NEARLY ZONAL FLOW.

ALL MODELS AGREE ON KEEPING GOOD MEAN RH OVER THE REGION THROUGH TUE
WHEN NEXT FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA...ATMOSPHERE DRYING OUT
LATER TUE. WITH FRONT LIFTING N TNGT WILL KEEP 40 POPS AS AREA
REMAINS MOIST WITH 70 DEGREE DEWPOINTS. MON THRU TUE WILL RETAIN CHC
POPS. AS FAR AS TEMPS GO...PERSISTANT CLOUDS WILL AGAIN SUPRESS
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS MON AND PREVENT OVERNIGHT LOWS FROM DROPPING
MUCH. SO...GUIDANCE VALUES LOOK REASONABLE.

EXTENDED FCST LOOK DRY WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY MODERATING.

CWF...WINDS GENERALLY SOUTHERLY AT BEACHES AND BUOYS. AS FRONT
PROGRESSES NORTH TNGT DIRECTIONS COULD VARY BUT SPEEDS LOOK TO BE 15
KT OR LESS. S TO SW FLOW SHOULD HOLD THROUGH REMAINDER OF FCST AS
NEXT FRONT APPROACHES. SPEEDS INCREASE MON NIGHT INTO TUE PRIOR TO
FRONTAL PASSAGE. WILL BE CLOS{E TO SCA CRITERIA AND WILL ADD A
MENTION OF POSSIBLE CONDITIONS FOR TUE.

PRELIMIMARY CCF:
ILM EB 068/084 068/085 062 30443
FLO EB 068/086 067/086 060 30443
MYR EB 069/084 068/084 063 30443

.ILM...NONE.

PJN

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.