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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2008, 7:15 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 6, 2008, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 6, 6:22 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:22 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 346 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 SCZ046-062015- GEORGETOWN- 346 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF LITCHFIELD BEACH... AT 346 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE 40 TO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS...ENOUGH TO TEAR SMALL BRANCHES OFF TREES AND TOPPLE LAWN FURNITURE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS ALSO DETECTED BY RADAR...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SMALL HAIL EXISTS AS WELL. THE JACKSON COMMUNITY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 17 WEST OF LITCHFIELD BEACH. TRA
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 448 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 SCZ017-023-024-032-062145- MARLBORO-DILLON-DARLINGTON-FLORENCE- 448 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 AT 448 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SOCIETY HILL... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING HAIL...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING THIS THUNDERSTORM CAREFULLY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHOULD THE STORM EXHIBIT ANY SEVERE WEATHER CHARACTERISTICS. THROUGH 545 PM EDT...COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE BROWNSVILLE...DOVESVILLE...FLOYD...MECHANICSVILLE...MONT CLARE... OAK GROVE...QUINBY AND SOCIETY HILL. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM. RJD
Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 29 min | |
| Aug 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 13 min |
| Aug 6, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 53 min |
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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.