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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 26, 2006Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 4:12 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2006, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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
May 26, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 26, 4:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 4:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
230 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-271000-
ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW
HANOVER-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG
-GEORGETOWN
230 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.

THE SEVERE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE
OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND MUCH
OF TONIGHT.

AMZ250-252-254-256-271000-
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
230 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS RE-DEVELOPING BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.

IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE COASTAL
WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE SEVERE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE
OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

15

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 3:23 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 3:24 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
324 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     HAIL             QUINBY                  34.23N 79.73W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       FLORENCE           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

PFAFF

Local storm report, May 26, 3:36 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
336 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0333 PM     HAIL             3 S MARION              34.13N 79.40W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       MARION             SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RAS

Local storm report, May 26, 3:42 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
342 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0338 PM     HAIL             5 W MARION              34.18N 79.49W
05/26/2006  E1.00 INCH       MARION             SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

PFAFF

Local storm report, May 26, 3:48 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
348 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     HAIL             MULLINS                 34.20N 79.25W
05/26/2006  E0.88 INCH       MARION             SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ROSS

Local storm report, May 26, 3:55 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
355 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     HAIL             LAKE CITY               33.87N 79.75W
05/26/2006  E0.75 INCH       FLORENCE           SC   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL

&&

PFAFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	30 min
May 26, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	62 min
May 26, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	60 min
May 26, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	53 min
May 26, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	64 min
May 26, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon	27 min
May 26, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	60 min
May 26, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	27 min
May 26, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		62 min
May 26, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		59 min
May 26, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	26 min
May 26, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	28 min
May 26, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		42 min
May 26, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marlboro	47 min
May 26, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	46 min
May 26, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	65 min
May 26, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.