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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 22, 2011Georgetown County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2011, 2:45 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.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Georgetown County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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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 Aug 22, 2:32 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:32 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 3:18 AM EDT, 11 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
318 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-230730-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-
INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
318 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON FROM HEAVY
RAIN PRODUCED BY THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-230730-
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
318 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.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.

   SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ252-254-256-230730-
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-
318 AM EDT MON AUG 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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, Aug 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
245 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

SCZ055-056-221945-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
245 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGETOWN COUNTY THROUGH
345 PM EDT...

AT 244 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OATLAND...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GEORGETOWN...GRAVES...JACKSON...
OATLAND...AND HIGHWAY 51 NEAR OATLAND.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3328 7943 3350 7952 3352 7949 3353 7949
      3357 7943 3358 7944 3359 7944 3361 7938
      3348 7910
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 322DEG 13KT 3354 7944

III

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marlboro	53 min
Aug 21, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro	58 min
Aug 21, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence	58 min
Aug 21, 11:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro	2 hr
Aug 22, 12:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon	2 hr
Aug 22, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion, Marlboro	59 min
Aug 22, 2:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Marion, Marlboro	98 min
Aug 22, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		67 min
Aug 22, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		45 min
Aug 22, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		61 min
Aug 22, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		58 min
Aug 22, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	36 min
Aug 21, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	61 min
Aug 21, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	53 min
Aug 21, 11:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	59 min
Aug 22, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	35 min
Aug 22, 4:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	New Hanover	30 min
Aug 22, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	54 min
Aug 22, 5:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	84 min
Aug 22, 6:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick	114 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.