Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2002, 8:56 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 64 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
- Jun 14, 2002, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2002, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Horry County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Loris, SC | Spotter reported a large pine tree down. |
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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 1328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KILM 150056 SVRILM SCC051-150200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 856 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 14 MILES WEST OF LORIS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF AYNOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LORIS AT 920 PM DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 $$ RAS LAT...LON 3408 7926 3383 7908 3388 7859 3431 7909
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 705 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 WILL UPDATE ZFP AND CWF FOR EXPIRATION OF SVR TSTM WATCH AT 7 PM. MOST TS ACTIVITY IN ROBESON AND BLADEN COUNTIES AT THIS TIME...WITH ANOTHER CLUSTER ABOUT TO ENTER MY NRN TIER OF COUNTIES. WILL BUMP POPS TO 70 THERE AND MAINTAIN GOING 60 POP ELSEWHERE. STORMS ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE ON SURROUNDING RADARS (KLTX REMAINS DOWN)...BUT SHAPE HAS BEEN A BIT SUSPICIOUS. WILL HOLD MENTION OF ISOLATED SVR...MAINLY IN INLAND COUNTIES. STILL A SMATTERING OF STORMS ACROSS SC ASSOCIATED WITH PRE FRONTAL TROF. ACTUAL COLD FRONT IS NOT WELL DEFINED. OTHER THAN TWEAKS FOR ONGOING WX WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH IN THE ZONES. RAS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (140 PM) FOLLOWS ----------------------------------------------------- SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA TIL 700 PM. ACTIVITY THIS EVENING SHOULD BE IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH/DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY. MSAS INDICATING STRONG INSTABILITY AND SURFACE MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE RIGHT ALONG COAST WITH A MUCH WEAKER MAXIMA DOWN AROUND CAE. A STRONG SHORT WAVE IS LIFTING NORTHEAST WELL OFF THE COAST OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND SUBSIDENCE/DRYING IN ITS WAKE MAY INHIBIT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...GIVEN MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY AND WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY TO HELP FOCUS CONVECTION AND SLIGHT COOLING/DRYING ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY POP. CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP VIRTUALLY OVERHEAD. AVN HAS STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT...NEAR 40 KT. COULD BE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE BUT LARGE HAIL MAY BE MORE OF A THREAT WITH WET BULB ZEROS NEAR 10000 FT. COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT BETWEEN 06Z AND 10Z. SHORTWAVE RIDGE FOLLOWS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH PERSISTING ALONG EAST COAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA SUNDAY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MOVE SLOWLY OFF THE COAST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP POPS OUT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS NOT LOOKING AS IF MOISTURE DEEP ENOUGH TO WARRANT POPS WITH DEEP WEST OR WEST SOUTHWEST FLOW. UPPER FLOW BECOMES PROGRESSIVELY NORTHWEST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. DECENT OMEGA AND INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH APPROACH OF H5 SHORTWAVE TROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WARRANTS A SMALL POP. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST TUESDAY AND PASSING NORTH OF THE AREA AND OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY BUT STILL RIDGING BACK TO THE COAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MARINE: SEAS 2 TO 4 FT AND BUOYS INDICATING SOUTHWEST WIND 15 KT. GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN UP THIS EVENING AHEAD OF BOUNDARY BUT NOT EXPECTING WIND AND SEAS TO BREECH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLD. WILL MENTION HIGHER WIND AND SEAS IN THUNDERSTORMS. WIND COMING AROUND TO WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AND THEN BACK TO SOUTHWEST ON SUNDAY. FCSTID = 27 PRELIMINARY NUMBERS ILM 72 89 64 87 / 60 10 0 10 LBT 68 89 61 87 / 30 10 0 10 FLO 68 90 61 88 / 30 10 0 10 MYR 72 86 65 86 / 60 10 0 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. DIGIORGI
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:02 PM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
302 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0250 PM BLADENBORO NC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 BLADEN TREE DOWNREPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTLocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 PM KELLY NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 BLADEN TREES DOWN HIWAY
53/210REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTLocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
342 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 PM MURRELLS INLET SC 55-60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/02 GEORGETOWN HEAVY RAIN VISIBILITY
ESTIMATED AT 1/10 MILE
WINDS GUSTS
ESTIMATEDREPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
CHLocal storm report, Jun 14, 4:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
429 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM CARVERS CREEK NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 BLADEN REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR.
0255 PM KELLY NC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 BLADEN TREES DOWN NEAR HWYS 53
AND 210. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0255 PM KELLY NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 BLADEN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER.
0400 PM SOCASTEE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 HORRY POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN
NEAR PALMETTO POINT.
REPORTED BY 911.
MRSpecial weather statement, Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ096-097-099>101-SCZ033-034-039-046-142319- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 700 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT... THE COVERAGE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED DURING THE EARLY EVENING. AS A RESULT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL...OTHERWISE MOST THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SRP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 55 min | |
| Jun 14, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 55 min | |
| Jun 14, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 52 min |
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.