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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 29, 20104 counties in South Carolina; Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2010, 6:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina; Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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 29, 2010, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2010, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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
Jun 29, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2010-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 691 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 12:00Z on 2010-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro44 min
Jun 29, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington46 min
Jun 29, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDillon55 min
Jun 29, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Marlboro42 min
Jun 29, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Florence, Marion62 min
Jun 29, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg28 min
Jun 29, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Robeson50 min
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen58 min
Jun 29, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Robeson47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.