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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2011, 2:02 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2011, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1568 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 22, 12:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 12:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 4:26 AM EDT, 9 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 426 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011 NCZ105-106-230830- INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- 426 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. THE AIR QUALITY HAS BEEN RATED UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-096-099-107>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-230830- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY- INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 426 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-230830- 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- 426 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RJD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 202 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011 NCZ099-109-221830- COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK- 202 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011 ...CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE BRUNSWICK/COLUMBUS COUNTY BORDER... AT 201 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE...3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAKATOKA...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF SHALLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE EXUM AND MAKATOKA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN THESE AREAS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS. 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 3431 7827 3421 7815 3407 7843 3414 7850 BACON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:09 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 28 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.