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Flood Watch 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 26, 20066 counties in South Carolina; Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flood watch at Jun 26, 2006, 3:51 PM EDT for 6 counties in South Carolina; Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 27, 2006, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2006, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 27, 2006, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 27, 2006, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Flood severity
None

Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2006-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2006-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 5:48 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementILM36 hr

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.