Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 1:13 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 18, 2005, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 1:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Columbus County, NC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1014 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KILM 181717 TORILM NCC047-SCC051-181800- /O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0003.050818T1713Z-050818T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 113 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA WESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 200 PM EDT * AT 112 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND PRODUCING DAMAGE AT THE NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 904 AND GREEN SEA ROAD. THIS TORNADO IS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... FAIR BLUFF AT 120 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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. LAT...LON 3420 7883 3433 7890 3427 7907 3416 7901 $$ JAQ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KILM 181740 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 137 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 NCC047-SCC051-181800- /O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050818T1800Z/ COLUMBUS NC-HORRY SC- 137 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR HORRY AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES... AT 134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF CERRO GORDO...OR 16 MILES EAST OF MULLINS. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CERRO GORDO BY 200 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE STATE LINE SHORTLY AFTER 105 PM...IN THE VICINITY OF STATE HIGHWAY 904 AND GREEN SEA ROAD. NO FURTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUT DOPPLER RADAR STILL INDICATES STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. THIS MEANS THAT IF THE TORNADO IS NOT CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND...IT COULD REDEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3420 7883 3433 7890 3427 7907 3416 7901 $$ JAQ
000 WWUS52 KILM 181755 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 154 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 NCC047-SCC051-181804- /O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050818T1800Z/ COLUMBUS NC-HORRY SC- 154 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HORRY AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH REPORTEDLY PRODUCED A TORNADO AND PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 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. LAT...LON 3420 7883 3433 7890 3427 7907 3416 7901 $$ JAQ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 9:12 AM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | ILM | 108 min | |
| Aug 18, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 46 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.