Alert archive / South Carolina / Special Marine Warnings in 2002
Special Marine Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special marine warning at May 10, 2002, 6:59 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2002, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at May 10, 3:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 305 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002 ONGOING CONVECTION UPSTREAM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE E ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE DUE TO GOOD AMT OF HEATING EARLIER TODAY. AS A RESULT...SPC HAS PLACED THE CWA IN A SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM. SEVERAL BOUNDARIES...INCLUDING THE SEABREEZE MAY ACT AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR TSTMS THROUGH THE EVENING. VERY WEAK CAA ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS OLD COLD FRONT WASHES OUT OVER THE REGION. SHORT WAVE MOVING ALONG BOUNDARY WILL BRING THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP...HOWEVER TIMING OF THIS FEATURE VARIES BETWEEN MODELS. THE AVN SHOWS THE BEST UVV/S ACCOMPANYING THE SHORT WAVE OVERNIGHT...WHEREAS THE ETA HAS IT OCCURRING SAT MORNING INTO EARLY SAT AFTERNOON. DUE TO LARGE INCONSISTENCIES WITH NUMERICAL GUIDANCE...DO NOT HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE IN POP FORECAST. SOME WAA DEVELOPS LATER ON SATURDAY AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. ERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CWA KEEPING TEMPS ABOUT 10-15 DEG COOLER THAN TODAY. WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHC POP INTO SAT EVENING AS THE FRONT DEPARTS. SW FLOW DEVELOPS SUN...WITH SOME RIDGING ACROSS THE ERN U.S. BRINGING TEMPS BACK UP WELL INTO THE 80S. FOR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BEFORE DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE DOMINATED BY HIGH PRESSURE WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST BELOW NORMAL VALUES UNDER FAIR SKIES. CWF: SW WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NE FROM N TO S AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE WATERS. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE NRN WATERS. E FLOW FOR SAT...THEN AS A WARM FRONT MOVES N WINDS WILL BECOME SW ON SUN. WILL KEEP CONDITIONS ON NRN WATERS JUST BELOW SCSEC CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. THANKS FOR THE COORDINATION MHX. FCSTID = 36 ILM 67 76 63 85 / 40 50 20 10 LBT 65 77 62 86 / 40 50 20 10 FLO 67 77 63 88 / 40 50 20 10 MYR 68 73 65 81 / 40 50 20 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. PUBLIC: JAQ/RAN MARINE: JAQ
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
425 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0250 PM 3 S WILMINGTON NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/10/02 NEW HANOVER NEAR MONKEY JUNCTION
REPORTED BY 911
0255 PM 3 S WILMINGTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/10/02 NEW HANOVER NEAR MONKEY JUNCTION
REPORTED BY 911
0415 PM 5 SW SOCIETY HILL SC 59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/10/02 DARLINGTON REPORTED BY KUDG AWOS AT
DARLINGTON JETPORT
TMLocal storm report, May 10, 5:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 61 min | |
| May 10, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 60 min | |
| May 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 65 min |
| May 10, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Marion | 50 min |
| May 10, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 31 min |
| May 10, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 37 min |
| May 10, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 2 hr | |
| May 10, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 89 min | |
| May 10, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 37 min |
| May 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 41 min |
| May 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 60 min |
| May 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 60 min |
| May 10, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 29 min |
| May 10, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 42 min |
| May 10, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 59 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.