Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 12:07 PM EDT for Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina; Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 16, 2011, 12:07 PM EDT (16:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 12:44 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167
WFUS52 KILM 161607
TORILM
NCC047-155-SCC033-051-067-161700-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0001.110416T1607Z-110416T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1207 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT
* AT 1205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BRITTON
NECK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GALIVANTS FERRY...
GAPWAY...
MULLINS...
GREEN SEA...
CHERRY GROVE...
CLARENDON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GET UNDER A TABLE OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH
AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3449 7886 3447 7886 3446 7883 3446 7881
3434 7861 3379 7921 3394 7946 3461 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 215DEG 47KT 3397 7925
$$
DCH2 follow-up statements
621
WWUS52 KILM 161631
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1231 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC047-155-SCC033-051-067-161700-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110416T1700Z/
COLUMBUS NC-ROBESON NC-DILLON SC-MARION SC-HORRY SC-
1231 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HORRY...MARION...SOUTHEASTERN DILLON...SOUTHEASTERN
ROBESON AND WESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTIES...
AT 1226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GALIVANTS FERRY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
NICHOLS...
CHERRY GROVE...
FAIR BLUFF...
CERRO GORDO...
EVERGREEN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3449 7886 3447 7886 3446 7883 3446 7881
3434 7861 3379 7921 3394 7946 3461 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1628Z 214DEG 39KT 3411 7914
$$
DCH286
WWUS52 KILM 161644
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1244 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC047-155-SCC033-051-067-161654-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110416T1700Z/
COLUMBUS NC-ROBESON NC-DILLON SC-MARION SC-HORRY SC-
1244 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HORRY...MARION...SOUTHEASTERN
DILLON...SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON AND WESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTIES IS
CANCELED...
AT 1239 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO
WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3449 7886 3447 7886 3446 7883 3446 7881
3434 7861 3379 7921 3394 7946 3461 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 214DEG 39KT 3425 7902
$$
DCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Marlboro | 70 min |
| Apr 16, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon, Marlboro | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon, Horry, Marion | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon, Horry | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 43 min | |
| Apr 16, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 110 min | |
| Apr 16, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 11 min |
| Apr 16, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 17 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.