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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 21, 2006Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2006, 5:10 PM EDT for Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 23 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 21, 2006, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2006, 5:33 PM EDT
In force: 23 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 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 21, 4:16 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 4:16 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 4:22 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 12:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 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
May 20, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	49 min
May 20, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	21 min
May 20, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	42 min
May 20, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		42 min
May 20, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington	49 min
May 20, 10:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington	32 min
May 21, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington	28 min
May 21, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	33 min
May 21, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	38 min
May 20, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	47 min
May 20, 11:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	16 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.