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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 5, 2011Georgetown County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Georgetown County, SC

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 5, 3:01 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:01 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:41 AM EDT, 10 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:59 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:15 PM EDT, 15 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

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:27 PM EDT, 3 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

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 0 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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	53 min
Jul 5, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Marion	49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.