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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Wilmington, NC

November 14, 2008Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2008, 11:38 PM EST for Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 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
Nov 14, 2008, 11:38 PM EST (04:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2008, 12:31 AM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 14, 10:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2008-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 724 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2008-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 4:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMHorry23 min
Nov 15, 4:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMGeorgetown, Williamsburg30 min
Nov 15, 4:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen26 min
Nov 15, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMRobeson47 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.