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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 12, 2011Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 12, 2011, 4:16 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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
Sep 12, 2011, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

County Pender County, NC

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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 Sep 12, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 4:12 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
412 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2011

NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-132015-
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
412 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2011

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING.

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

   MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THE INCREASED RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PERIOD
DUE TO SWELL FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONE MARIA AFFECTING THE
SURF ACROSS THE AREA BEACHES.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-132015-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
412 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2011

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

.DAY ONE...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.

AMZ250-252-254-256-132015-
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-
412 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
SWELL FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONE MARIA WILL BUILD SEAS TO JUST
SHY OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA. NAVIGATING TO AND FROM AREA
INLETS AT THE PEAK OF MARIA SWELL...ESPECIALLY DURING AN OUTGOING
TIDE...COULD POSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR LOCAL MARINERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SGL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 12, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry60 min
Sep 12, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMHorry62 min
Sep 12, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick, Columbus61 min
Sep 12, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick58 min
Sep 12, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus66 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2011Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.