Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2003, 10:07 AM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina; Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2003, 10:07 AM EDT (14:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2003, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KILM 021407
FFWILM
NCC017-047-155-SCC033-041-051-067-021800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1007 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 958 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM EASTERN
FLORENCE COUNTY TO NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN WHICH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR INCLUDE...
PAMPLICO...MARION...FAIR BLUFF...EVERGREEN...ELIZABETHTOWN...
AND AYNOR.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
WILMINGTON NC.
LAT...LON 3475 7838 3454 7824 3379 7915 3380 7957
3383 7980 3485 7858
$$
JAQThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marion | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 80 min | |
| Jul 2, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 80 min | |
| Jul 2, 12:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 29 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
Sources
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.