Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2001, 5:28 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 12, 2001, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbus County, NC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Tabor City, NC | Tabor City fire department reported golfball size hail on Hwy 410. The hail broke the windshield wiper of a car. |
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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490 WUUS52 KILM 122129 SVRILM NCC047-SCC051-122230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 528 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL FROM CERRO GORDO TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LORIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CHADBOURN AT 535 PM EDT TABOR CITY AT 540 PM EDT SIDNEY AT 550 PM EDT WHITEVILLE AT 555 PM EDT LONGS AT 600 PM EDT NAKINA AT 610 PM EDT IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. 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 $$ HAWKINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 60 min |
| May 12, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 56 min |
| May 12, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 35 min |
| May 12, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.