Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2004, 2:02 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 12, 2004, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2004, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 3311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KILM 121802 TORILM SCC051-121830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 202 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 230 PM EDT * AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CONWAY...OR OVER CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NIXONVILLE BY 225 PM... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU OBSERVED 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3386 7913 3367 7906 3380 7850 3397 7871 $$ CRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.