Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2004, 5:54 PM EDT for Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2004, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Florence County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KILM 082154 SVRILM SCC041-082230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 554 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 549 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WAS LOCATED AT THE INTERSTATE 95 AND 20 INTERSECTION...AND MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. A SECOND STORM IN SOUTHERN FLORENCE COUNTY BETWEEN COWARD AND OLANTA IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TIMMONSVILLE AROUND 630 PM MORE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE...REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC. LAT...LON 3401 7976 3429 7975 3412 8000 3392 7984 $$ TRA
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 May 8, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 357 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004 NCZ097-100-101-SCZ034-046-091100- BRUNSWICK-GEORGETOWN-HORRY-NEW HANOVER-PENDER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURGAW...GEORGETOWN...MYRTLE BEACH... SOUTHPORT...WILMINGTON...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH 357 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004 CORRECTED FOR EARLY EVENING PRECIPITATION .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AWAY FROM THE COAST EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 60 TO 65. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S...EXCEPT AROUND 80 AT THE BEACHES. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 60 TO 65. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S...EXCEPT AROUND 80 AT THE BEACHES. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 60 TO 65. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S...EXCEPT AROUND 80 AT THE BEACHES. .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 60 TO 65. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 80 TO 85...EXCEPT UPPER 70S AT THE BEACHES. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 60 TO 65. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S...EXCEPT UPPER 70S AT THE BEACHES. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S...EXCEPT UPPER 70S AT THE BEACHES. NCZ087-096-099-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-091100- BLADEN-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-MARLBORO-ROBESON- WILLIAMSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON... ELIZABETHTOWN...FLORENCE...KINGSTREE...LUMBERTON...MARION... WHITEVILLE 357 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. .TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 80 TO 85. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 80 TO 85. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. JAQ
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 2:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 243 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-082045- BLADEN-BRUNSWICK-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-GEORGETOWN- HORRY-MARION-MARLBORO-NEW HANOVER-PENDER-ROBESON-WILLIAMSBURG- 243 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SEA BREEZE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. JAQ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 249 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-090200- BLADEN-BRUNSWICK-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-GEORGETOWN- HORRY-MARION-MARLBORO-NEW HANOVER-PENDER-ROBESON-WILLIAMSBURG- 249 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SEA BREEZE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT: HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ILM JAQ
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.