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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 23, 2000Georgetown County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2000, 8:24 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
Jul 23, 2000, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Georgetown County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 8:24 PM EDTTornado F0Georgieville, SCWaterspout came ashore two miles southwest of Litchfield Beach, striking the Litchfield Inn (no damage reported) and shattering the windows of several automobiles.

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, 0.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2000-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3164 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2000-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

247 
WFUS52 KILM 240028 COR
TORILM
SCC043-240100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
824 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 821 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT 1 TO 2 MILES      
  SOUTHEAST OF LITCHFIELD BEACH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE         
  THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WATERSPOUT IS MOVING TO THE      
  NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   NORTH LITCHFIELD BEACH AT 831 PM EDT
   MURRELLS INLET AT 840 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.

$$

.END

LAT...LON 3339 7908 3346 7888 3358 7904 3363 7923

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 12:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMHorry7 hr

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.