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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 8, 2006Horry County, South Carolina; Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2006, 2:53 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina; Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 22 min. 2 reports 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: Apr 8, 2006, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Columbus County, NC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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
Apr 8, 3:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Loris, SC
Apr 8, 3:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Nakina, NC	PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KILM 081854
TORILM
NCC047-SCC051-081915-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0002.060408T1853Z-060408T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
253 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 251 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO     
  IN THE DAISY COMMUNTIY SOUTH OF LORIS...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
  LITTLE RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO
  ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PIREWAY AT 310 PM

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE 
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF YOU OBSERVED 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 3407 7890 3390 7886 3396 7866 3406 7857
      3416 7869

$$

JAQ

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KILM 081916
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
315 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

NCC047-SCC051-081925-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060408T1915Z/
COLUMBUS NC-HORRY SC-
315 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HORRY AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
315 PM EDT...

AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO IN THE 
DAISY COMMUNITY SOUTH OF LORIS IN HORRY COUNTY HAS WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IF YOU OBSERVED 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 3407 7890 3390 7886 3396 7866 3406 7857
      3416 7869

$$

JAQ

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, 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, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	24 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

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.