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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 5, 2007Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2007, 7:24 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 5, 2007, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Columbus County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2007-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 637 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2007-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
637 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 Jun 5, 7:20 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:20 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
416 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-062030-
ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO-
DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN-
416 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING...AND MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AMZ250-252-254-256-062030-
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-
416 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

RAS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
531 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

SCZ017-023-032-039-052245-
MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-FLORENCE-WILLIAMSBURG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...FLORENCE...
KINGSTREE
531 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST...

AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF
HARTSVILLE...SOUTH TO NEAR NIXONVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE PUSHING
EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR DARLINGTON...TIMMONSVILLE
AND CADES BY 545 PM...PUSHING TO NEAR FLORENCE BY 6 PM. VERY HEAVY
RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND
POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

43
Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:48 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
648 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

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

0644 PM     HAIL             SELLERS                 34.28N 79.47W
06/05/2007  E0.88 INCH       MARION             SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED

&&

LOEWENTH
Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:52 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
652 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

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

0635 PM     HAIL             CADES                   33.78N 79.78W
06/05/2007  E0.75 INCH       WILLIAMSBURG       SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LOEWENTH
Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:02 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:03 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMWilliamsburg48 min
Jun 5, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDarlington31 min
Jun 5, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Florence, Marion29 min
Jun 5, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence30 min
Jun 5, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMMarion25 min
Jun 5, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMWilliamsburg59 min
Jun 5, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMPender36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.