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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2011, 6:01 PM EDT for Dillon County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 5, 2011, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2011, 6:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dillon County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 5, 3:01 PM EDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:01 PM EDT, 3 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 349 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 NCZ096-062000- BLADEN- 349 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SMOKE FROM THE SIMMONS ROAD FIRE COULD LOWER THE AIR QUALITY AND VISIBILITY DOWNWIND FROM THIS FIRE. PAY ATTENTION TO CHANGING WIND DIRECTIONS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN TEMPORARY FLOODING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THOSE SUSCEPTIBLE AND VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ105-106-062000- INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- 349 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AIR QUALITY MAY BECOME UNHEALTHY AT TIMES DUE TO THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE BURNING IN THE HOLLY SHELTER GAME LAND. A CODE RED AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR FINE PARTICULATES FROM THIS FIRE IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...REDUCED VISIBILITY DOWNWIND FROM THIS FIRE CAN BE EXPECTED. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO CHANGING WIND DIRECTIONS. ESPECIALLY THE DAILY SEA BREEZE AS IT PROGRESSES INLAND. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN TEMPORARY FLOODING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THOSE SUSCEPTIBLE AND VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ053-054-062000- INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY- 349 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SMOKE FROM THE HORNET WILDFIRE COULD LESSEN THE AIR QUALITY AND VISIBILITY DOWNWIND FROM THIS FIRE. PAY ATTENTION TO CHANGING WIND DIRECTIONS SUCH AS THE INLAND MOVEMENT OF THE SEA BREEZE. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN TEMPORARY FLOODING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THOSE SUSCEPTIBLE AND VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-099-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-055-062000- ROBESON-COLUMBUS-INLAND NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 349 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN TEMPORARY FLOODING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THOSE SUSCEPTIBLE AND VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ108-110-SCZ056-062000- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 349 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN TEMPORARY FLOODING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THOSE SUSCEPTIBLE AND VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-062000- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 349 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FOR THE WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES FROM HAZE OR SMOKE THAT HAS ITS ORIGINS FROM THE FIRE BURNING ON THE HOLLY SHELTER GAMELAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
315 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
NCZ105>108-052015-
COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
315 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA...
AT 315 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE...3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SCOTTS HILL IN NORTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY AND NEAR EDGECOMB IN
NORTHERN PENDER COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE BAYSHORE...CASTLE
HAYNE...EDGECOMB...HAMPSTEAD...MOORETOWN...OGDEN...SCOTTS HILL...SURF
CITY...TOPSAIL...TOPSAIL BEACH AND WOODSIDE.
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 3438 7760 3427 7773 3423 7780 3437 7794
3466 7765 3448 7757 3447 7754 3444 7751
RJDSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 3:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
327 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
NCZ099-105-107-109-052030-
COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
327 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIEGELWOOD...
AT 325 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS...NEAR RIEGELWOOD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BATARORA...DELCO...FREEMAN...PHOENIX...POINT CASWELL...
RIEGELWOOD...ROOKS...THE BOROUGH AND SANDY CREEK.
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 3415 7828 3429 7841 3438 7831 3440 7826
3446 7818 3447 7818 3448 7820 3452 7815
3430 7795
RJDSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
SCZ055-056-052030-
INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAVES IN GEORGETOWN COUNTY...
AT 329 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS...7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE...
GEORGETOWN...GRAVES...JACKSON...LITCHFIELD BEACH...
OATLAND...PLANTERSVILLE 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 3345 7954 3364 7917 3348 7908 3340 7913
3337 7914 3334 7923 3334 7926 3336 7926
3328 7936
RJDSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
436 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
NCZ099-052130-
COLUMBUS-
436 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIEGELWOOD...
AT 435 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS...5 MILES WEST OF FREEMAN
IN NORTHEASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS WILL BRING RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 2 INCHES.
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
DELCO...FREEMAN...RIEGELWOOD AND BOLTON.
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 3421 7826 3419 7848 3437 7848 3437 7826
3434 7818
RJDSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 552 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 NCZ087-099-SCZ024-033-053-052245- ROBESON-COLUMBUS-DILLON-MARION-INLAND HORRY- 552 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE DILLON-MARION COUNTY LINE NEAR FORK... AT 552 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS...3 MILES EAST OF FORK... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM...PERHAPS UP TO 2 INCHES. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE...MULLINS... BARNESVILLE...CHERRY GROVE...FAIR BLUFF...FLOYDALE...FORK... GAPWAY...KEMPER...LAKE VIEW...SMITHBORO...ZION AND MARIETTA. 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 3448 7901 3423 7888 3414 7929 3430 7937 RJD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Florence | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Pender | 115 min |
| Jul 5, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Columbus | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 7:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 116 min |
| Jul 5, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 56 min |
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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.