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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 12, 2010Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2010, 5:45 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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 12, 2010, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2010, 6:16 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 12, 2:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 5:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 4:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
428 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2010

NCZ096-122115-
BLADEN-
428 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEASTERN BLADEN
COUNTY...

AT 426 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CLINTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF
AMMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING...GUSTY WINDS OF
40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE
LARGELY RURAL PORTION OF NORTHEASTERN BLADEN COUNTY EAST OF AMMON
NEAR THE SAMPSON COUNTY BORDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

&&

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.

LAT...LON 3483 7846 3479 7843 3475 7839 3473 7838
      3470 7836 3469 7836 3467 7850 3485 7857
      3485 7852 3486 7850

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 4:50 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:19 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryILMDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg16 hr
Aug 12, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen47 min
Aug 12, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen40 min
Aug 12, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen58 min

Nearby

Severe 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.