Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Jun 26, 2001, 1:41 PM EDT (17:41 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2001, 2:45 PM EDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Florence County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

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000 
WUUS52 KILM 261743
SVRILM
SCC041-089-261845-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
141 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER
  KINGSTREE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTREE...MOVING NORTH
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   HEBRON CROSSROADS AT 155 PM EDT
   CADES AT 200 PM EDT
   LAKE CITY AT 220 PM EDT

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

.END

$$

RAS

LAT...LON 3366 7995 3351 7957 3382 7934 3411 7980

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
140 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

MORE THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO FIRE ACROSS THE AREA. WILL INCLUDE A
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS EVENING
WITH AREAS OF MORE FOG LATE TONIGHT.

UPPER LOW WILL MOVE WEST TO MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY AND
HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT MAKE A WESTWARD PUSH INTO THE AREA.
STILL THERE IS EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER WEAK IMPULSE MOVING INTO THE AREA
FROM THE SOUTH. A TONGUE OF LOW/MID LEVEL MOISTURE STILL POKING UP
THE COAST. I WILL KEEP A LOW POP IN THE FORECAST.

AFTER TOMORROW EVENING...CAN NOT REALLY JUSTIFY ANY POPS ABOVE
THRESHOLD WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND SUBSIDENCE FIRMLY IN
CHARGE...ALTHOUGH THIS TIME OF YEAR IT IS HARD TO RULE ANYTHING OUT.
TEMPERATURES WARMING AT ALL LEVELS AS DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW KICKS IN.

BACKDOOR COLD FRONT EDGING DOWN THE COAST AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
SOUTHEAST FROM ONTARIO ACROSS NORTHEAST/MID ATLANTIC STATES. THIS
FRONT SHOULD GET CLOSE ENOUGH LATER SUNDAY OR MONDAY TO BRING CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FRONT LIKELY TO DISSIPATE ACROSS THE
AREA TUESDAY.

CWF: E TO SE WIND 5 TO 10 KT AND 2 FT SEAS CURRENTLY. WIND WILL
BECOME MORE S ON WED AND THEN SW WED NIGHT AND THU. WIND SPEED AND
SEAS VIRTUALLY THE SAME AS CURRENT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

FCSTID = 27
ILM   72  88  73  90 /  40  20  20  10
LBT   71  90  72  92 /  40  20  20  10
FLO   71  90  72  92 /  40  20  20  10
MYR   72  86  73  88 /  40  20  20  10

.ILM...
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

DIGIORGI

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.