Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2006, 5:58 PM EDT for Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 17 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2006, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2006, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Florence County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:03 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Evergreen, SC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KILM 152159
SVRILM
SCC041-152215-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0073.060515T2158Z-060515T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
558 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRIENDFIELD AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN FLORENCE COUNTY AT 610 PM
MORE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN THE WARNED AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
IF YOU OBSERVE 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 3401 7981 3389 7967 3400 7951 3404 7952
3408 7953 3410 7951 3412 7951 3413 7954
3415 7955 3418 7957
$$
III1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KILM 152206
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
606 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2006
SCC041-152215-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060515T2215Z/
FLORENCE SC-
606 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
FLORENCE COUNTY...
AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
PAMPLICO...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAUSSEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EVERGREEN WITH
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3401 7981 3389 7967 3400 7951 3404 7952
3408 7953 3410 7951 3412 7951 3413 7954
3415 7955 3418 7957
$$
IIIWhat 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 15, 9:30 AM EDT, 8 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 9:30 AM EDT, 8 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 930 AM EDT MON MAY 15 2006 .SHORT TERM /TODAY/...DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NOW JUST OFFSHORE. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT IS JUST CLIPPING THE COAST DOWN IN GEORGETOWN COUNTY. MODEL CROSS SECTIONS SHOW STEADILY DECREASING MOISTURE TODAY HOWEVER WITH LARGE UPPER LOW COVERING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY AND A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES ROTATING AROUND IT SEE CONTINUED CHANCE OF SCATTERED CONVECTION TODAY. DAYTIME HEATING AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE ALONG SEA BREEZE FRONT WILL HELP INITIATE ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH TONIGHT WILL HELP EXTEND ACTIVITY BEYOND THIS AFTERNOON. DO NOT EXPECT ACTIVITY TO BE AS STRONG AND WIDESPREAD AS YESTERDAY...THERE WILL BE LESS MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...THE FRONT IS NOW OFFSHORE...AND LAPSE RATES AND WIND SHEAR VALUES NOT QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE. HOWEVER THEY ARE STILL GOOD ENOUGH THAT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT FORECAST OF CHANCE POPS WILL COVER IT. && .AVIATION...(FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION) PLENTY OF HIGH CLOUDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. COULD SEE SOME BRIEF BR (3-6SM) THROUGH 12Z IF THE CIRRUS THINS OR BREAKS DEVELOP. WEAK BOUNDARY HAS BECOME DIFFUSE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND WITH ANOTHER IMPULSE TO AFFECT THE AREA LATER TODAY COULD SEE VCSH/VCTS. && .MARINE...LOOKS LIKE MIXING HAS COMMENCED OVER THE WATERS AND THE WIND HAS TAKEN ON A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. MIDDAY CWF UPDATE WILL REMOVE THE VARIABLE WIND WORDING FOR THE MORNING HOURS. SEAS FCST SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE && SHORT TERM...REK AVIATION...SRP MARINE...MBB
Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 313 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2006 AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ096-097-099>101-SCZ034-046-161915- 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-BLADEN-PENDER- COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-HORRY-GEORGETOWN- 313 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS FAVOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THIS AREA IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 359 UNTIL 900 PM EDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-161915- ROBESON-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- 313 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. REK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 37 min |
| May 14, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| May 14, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| May 14, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 15 min | |
| May 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 23 min |
| May 15, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence | 44 min |
| May 15, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 39 min |
| May 15, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Marion | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2006Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.