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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 1, 2011Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2011, 2:40 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2011, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 2:45 PM EDTHAIL 12 W Bucksport, SCHAIL TO UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS LASTED FOR 5 MINUTES

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2011-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1295 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 2011-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

335 
WUUS52 KILM 011840
SVRILM
SCC043-051-011945-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0114.110701T1840Z-110701T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
240 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  YAUHANNAH...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MURRELLS INLET...AND MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
   PLANTERSVILLE...
   JACKSON...
   OATLAND...

MORE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS.

&&

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 3351 7949 3374 7915 3362 7899 3338 7922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 042DEG 12KT 3361 7915

$$

RAS
2 follow-up statements
533 
WWUS52 KILM 011905
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
305 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011

SCC051-011915-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110701T1945Z/
HORRY SC-
305 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY IS
CANCELED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED HORRY COUNTY...AND 
MOVED INTO GEORGETOWN COUNTY. 

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 3351 7949 3371 7919 3368 7915 3366 7915
      3366 7914 3365 7912 3363 7913 3360 7911
      3361 7910 3357 7910 3357 7904 3338 7922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 038DEG 11KT 3359 7917

$$

SCC043-011945-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110701T1945Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-
305 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY...

AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR YAUHANNAH...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MURRELLS INLET...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PLANTERSVILLE...JACKSON AND OATLAND.

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 3351 7949 3371 7919 3368 7915 3366 7915
      3366 7914 3365 7912 3363 7913 3360 7911
      3361 7910 3357 7910 3357 7904 3338 7922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 038DEG 11KT 3359 7917

$$

RAS
206 
WWUS52 KILM 011942
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
342 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011

SCC043-011952-
/O.EXP.KILM.SV.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110701T1945Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-
342 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...

AT 341 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING 
HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE  
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 3351 7949 3371 7919 3368 7915 3366 7915
      3366 7914 3365 7912 3363 7913 3360 7911
      3361 7910 3357 7910 3357 7904 3338 7922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 038DEG 11KT 3350 7925

$$

RAS

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 Jul 1, 2:20 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:20 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
220 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA RIDGE WILL BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS
THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND REMAIN THROUGH THE REST OF THE
PERIOD. THE DEVELOPING SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE SHOULD HELP
PUSH SMOKE MOSTLY NORTH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY. HIGHER LEVELS OF HEAT
AND HUMIDITY HOWEVER WILL RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT
WEEK. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 2 PM FRIDAY...PRIMARY CONCERN THROUGH DAYBREAK SATURDAY IS THE
EXTENT OF RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES IN SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLLY
SHELTER WILDFIRE. LATEST HYSPLIT RUNS INDICATE THE SMOKE PLUME
CURRENTLY BEING GUIDED SOUTHWARD WILL CURL SOUTHWEST AND THEN
EVENTUALLY WEST AND TO THE NORTH AS SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT TAKES HOLD
OF THE REGION. A SUBSTANTIAL NOCTURNAL INVERSION WILL ONCE AGAIN
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...TRAPPING SMOKE NEAR GROUND LEVEL.

WILL CONFINE DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY TO COUNTIES NEAREST AND MOST
AFFECTED BY THE SMOKE. NAMELY PENDER...NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK
COUNTIES. AREAS OUTSIDE OR ADJACENT TO THESE 3 COUNTIES WILL LIKELY
HAVE VISIBILITY PROBLEMS DUE TO ADDED ASH PARTICULATE CONCENTRATIONS
AND CONDUCIVE FOG FORMATION. THIS CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH A DENSE
FOG ADVISORY AS TRENDS DICTATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

ISOLATED SHRA/TSTMS POPPING NEAR THE SEA-BREEZE BOUNDARY SHOULD
WANE WITH FADING INSOLATION...BUT MAY HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE
IN THE "REST OF THE AFTERNOON" PERIOD...MAINLY SOUTH COASTAL
REGION.

A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY
EVENING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 2 PM FRIDAY...AREAS NEAR THE HOLLY SHELTER FIRE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE PLAGUED BY SMOKE UNTIL THE INVERSION BREAKS SATURDAY MORNING
AND THE SEA BREEZE PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN
PATTERN WILL BE DOMINATED BY A WEAKENING RIDGE ALOFT...AS THE
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES CONSOLIDATES NEAR THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION. AT THE SURFACE...BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL
TAKE HOLD ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY FLOW TO BECOME REESTABLISHED BY
SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL WHILE MINS ARE NEAR NORMAL. GRIM OUTLOOK FOR MUCH
NEEDED RAIN DURING THIS SHORT TERM PERIOD AS PRECIPITABLE WATER IS
ON THE LOW SIDE...INSTABILITY IS ONLY PROJECTED TO BE MARGINAL...AND
THERE IS NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF FORCING OTHER THAN THE SEA BREEZE
FRONT. ISOLATED COVERAGE AT BEST EACH DAY...AND ANY CELLS WOULD BE
SHORT-LIVED.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM FRIDAY...UPPER RIDGE STARTS TO BREAK DOWN MONDAY...
LEAVING A WEAK AND BROAD TROUGH OVER THE CAROLINAS. SFC GRADIENT IS
SLACK AND SLOPPY AS A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE CAROLINAS MONDAY...BUT
STALLS INLAND AND WASHES OUT BY WEDNESDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE A
LITTLE MORE UNSETTLED PATTERN...WHICH GIVEN THE ONGOING DROUGHT OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA...ACTUALLY JUST MEANS CLIMO POPS. WENT WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE ON MONDAY...AND THEN DIURNALLY-DRIVEN 20-30 POPS FOR
MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. WARMEST DAY IS MONDAY WITH MID
90S INLAND...AND THEN NEAR OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL BEYOND THAT.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 18Z...EXPECT SMOKE/HAZE MVFR VSBY RESTRICTIONS TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AT THE COASTAL SITES...DETERIORATING LATE
TONIGHT AS AN INVERSION BECOMES ESTABLISHED.

AFTERNOON SEABREEZE TO SHIFT WINDS EAST-SOUTHEAST AT THE COASTAL
SITES...WITH WINDS GENERALLY 8-11KTS. OVERNIGHT INTO THE SATURDAY
MORNING...WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE...INCREASING AGAIN
BY MIDDAY SATURDAY WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK...EXPECT VFR TO PREVAIL...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
AFTERNOON ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. AREAS OF SMOKE SHOULD GET PUSHED NORTH
OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 2 PM FRIDAY...SEA-BREEZE PRODUCING A LIGHT CHOP ON THE WATERS
AND THIS SHOULD PREVAIL UNTIL NIGHTFALL UNTIL WINDS EASE. THIS
SHOULD LEAVE THE WATERS WITH A GLASSY 2 FOOT SE SWELL IN 8-9 SECOND
INTERVALS OVERNIGHT. NO TSTMS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT BUT ISOLATED
SHOWERS OR TSTMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT NEAR SHORE BETWEEN MYRTLE BEACH
AND WINYAH BAY.

SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 2 PM FRIDAY...A VERY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE ONSET
SATURDAY WILL RESULT IN LIGHT FLOW...THAT WILL INCREASE AS THE SEA
BREEZE EVOLVES. SOUTHWEST FLOW IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE WILL PERSIST
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN A NOTCH
DURING SUNDAY AS THE BERMUDA HIGH BECOME ESTABLISHED. SPEEDS WILL BE
ENHANCED SUNDAY AFTERNOON BY A RESULTANT SEA BREEZE. SWAN WAVE
OUTPUT LOOKS REASONABLE WITH 2 FT SEAS SATURDAY MORNING...BUILDING
TO 3 FT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST...UP TO 4
FT OFF CAPE FEAR BY SUNDAY EVENING.

LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM FRIDAY...MAIN PLAYERS WILL BE THE BERMUDA HIGH AND A
WEAKENING FRONT OVER THE CAROLINAS...SO EXPECT MODEST SOUTHWEST
WINDS THRU THE PERIOD. CHANGES IN WIND SPEED WILL BE DRIVEN LARGELY
BY THE SEABREEZE...WITH AN AFTERNOON/EVENING MAX AROUND 15 KT. WIND
WAVES GENERALLY 2-3 FT BUT WITH THE EVER-PRESENT 9-SEC SE SWELL
RUNNING AROUND 2 FT AS WELL...COULD SEE QUITE A FEW 4-FOOTERS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
AS OF 2 PM FRIDAY...HIGH LVORI VALUES LATE TONIGHT WILL PROMOTE
AREAS OF DENSE SMOKE/FOG OR "SUPER FOG" NEAR BOTH THE SIMMONS ROAD
AND JUNIPER ROADS WILDFIRES. RECENT HYSPLIT RUNS AND AN EXPECTED
VEERING OF TRANSPORT WINDS TO A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION HAS PROMPTED A
DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR PENDER...NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES.
THIS COULD AGAIN CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VSBYS OVER PORTIONS OF I-40
AND HIGHWAY 17. BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE AND A SHARPENING INLAND TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DIRECT SMOKE PRIMARILY NORTH OF
THE FIRES BY LATE SATURDAY OR EARLY SUNDAY.

&&

.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
NC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

NEAR TERM...MJC
SHORT TERM...SRP
LONG TERM...RAS
AVIATION...SGL/MJC
FIRE WX....MJC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 6:33 AM EDT, 8 hours 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:28 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
228 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011

SCZ053-054-056-011915-
INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
228 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN HORRY COUNTY...

AT 228 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BUCKSVILLE...OR OVER SOCASTEE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE GARDEN CITY...MURRELLS
INLET...SOCASTEE...SURFSIDE BEACH...BUCKSPORT...BUCKSVILLE...
BURGESS...FORESTBROOK...JACKSON...LITCHFIELD BEACH AND PAWLEY'S
ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE
KILLERS. REMEMBER IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS, AND STAY OFF
PORCHES.

&&

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 3338 7927 3350 7922 3360 7912 3364 7913
      3365 7912 3366 7915 3376 7910 3372 7889
      3366 7890 3356 7900 3353 7902 3347 7909
      3341 7913 3336 7914

8

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:29 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryILMGeorgetown, Horry6 hr
Jul 1, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMGeorgetown18 min
Jul 1, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMGeorgetown47 min
Jul 1, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry88 min
Jul 1, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.