Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 11:06 PM EDT for Darlington County, Florence County, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2009, 11:06 PM EDT (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 11:26 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC, Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KILM 180306
TORILM
SCC031-041-069-180330-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0007.090618T0306Z-090618T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1106 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
EASTERN DARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN MARLBORO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1103 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MONT CLARE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF
BENNETTSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
MONT CLARE BY 1120 PM...
MECHANICSVILLE BY 1130 PM...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GET UNDER A TABLE OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH
AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3452 7986 3454 7983 3455 7964 3434 7960
3429 7964 3429 7963 3429 7959 3425 7959
3423 7986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 356DEG 12KT 3446 7974
$$
BACON2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KILM 180324
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1124 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009
SCC031-041-069-180330-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090618T0330Z/
MARLBORO SC-DARLINGTON SC-FLORENCE SC-
1124 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL FLORENCE...EASTERN DARLINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL MARLBORO
COUNTIES...
AT 1121 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR MONT CLARE. THIS TORNADO WAS JUST NORTHEAST MECHANICSVILLE...
OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARLINGTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MECHANICSVILLE BY 1130 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3449 7963 3435 7960 3429 7964 3429 7959
3425 7959 3423 7986 3440 7986 3441 7986
3443 7986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 356DEG 12KT 3440 7974
$$
BACON000
WWUS52 KILM 180326
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1126 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009
SCC031-041-069-180336-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090618T0330Z/
MARLBORO SC-DARLINGTON SC-FLORENCE SC-
1126 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FLORENCE...EASTERN
DARLINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL MARLBORO COUNTIES IS CANCELED...
AT 1125 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO
WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3449 7963 3435 7960 3429 7964 3429 7959
3425 7959 3423 7986 3440 7986 3441 7986
3443 7986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 356DEG 12KT 3439 7974
$$
BACONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Marlboro | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 10:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon, Marlboro | 20 min |
| Jun 18, 3:01 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 24 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.