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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 25, 2000Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2000, 9:02 PM EDT for Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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, 9:04 PM EDT	Hail 4.5	Florence, SC	A severe thunderstorm developed west of the city of Florence and moved east. The damage began on the southwest side of the city with reports (including ham radio, media, and spotters) of large hail and wind gusts estimated over 80 mph. The largest hail size w

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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

399 
WFUS52 KILM 260103
TORILM
SCC031-041-260145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
902 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN DARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 857 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
  TIMMONSVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DARLINGTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TIMMONSVILLE AT 900 PM EDT
  FLORENCE AT 915 PM EDT
  CLAUSSEN AT 930 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC.

RAN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	31 min
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, 9:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Marion	24 min
May 25, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry, Marion	45 min

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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.