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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 8, 2006Georgetown County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2006, 5:06 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 8, 2006, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2006, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Georgetown County, SC

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 8, 1:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Apr 8, 4:42 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:42 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 1:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
145 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-091745-
ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO-
DARLINGTON-DILLON-
145 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST.
FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BE THE TIME FRAME
WHEN THE WORST CONVECTION IS OBSERVED. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS...WITH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES COULD DROP TO THE MID AND UPPER 30S. IF WINDS
DECOUPLE AND ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS AVAILABLE...PATCHY TO
POSSIBLY SCATTERED FROST COULD BECOME A THREAT.

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SCZ032>034-039-046-091745-
FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN-
145 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE FOCUS OF THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM FLORENCE
AND WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES INITIALLY...INTO GEORGETOWN AND HORRY
COUNTIES MY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING... MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES COULD DROP TO THE MID AND UPPER 30S. IF WINDS
DECOUPLE AND ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS AVAILABLE...PATCHY
TO POSSIBLY SCATTERED FROST COULD BECOME A THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AMZ250-252-254-256-091745-
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-
145 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

RAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
306 PM EDT SAT APR 08 2006

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

0300 PM     HAIL             19 NNE ANDREWS          33.70N 79.44W
04/08/2006  E0.75 INCH       WILLIAMSBURG       SC   AIRPLANE PILOT

            2 S OUTLAND

&&

TRA

Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
315 PM EDT SAT APR 08 2006

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

0310 PM     HAIL             NAKINA                  34.13N 78.67W
04/08/2006  E1.00 INCH       COLUMBUS           NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA.

&&

RAS

Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
345 PM EDT SAT APR 08 2006

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

0330 PM     HAIL             5 S TRIO                33.41N 79.72W
04/08/2006  E0.75 INCH       WILLIAMSBURG       SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR SUTTONS.

&&

RAS

Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
358 PM EDT SAT APR 08 2006

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

0334 PM     HAIL             5 E TRIO                33.48N 79.63W
04/08/2006  E1.75 INCH       WILLIAMSBURG       SC   PUBLIC

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR EARLE.

&&

RAS

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
403 PM EDT SAT APR 08 2006

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

0300 PM     HAIL             LORIS                   34.06N 78.89W
04/08/2006  M1.00 INCH       HORRY              SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

TRA

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:56 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	45 min
Apr 8, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	48 min
Apr 8, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	33 min
Apr 8, 2:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Horry	22 min
Apr 8, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	38 min
Apr 8, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	24 min
Apr 8, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	27 min
Apr 8, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		23 min
Apr 8, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	33 min
Apr 8, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.