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Areal Flood Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 26, 2012Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this areal flood warning at Dec 26, 2012, 12:45 PM EST for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 104 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2012, 12:45 PM EST (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Dec 26, 2012, 2:29 PM EST
In force: 104 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 540 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 770 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Dec 26, 12:45 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 12:45 PM EST, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 10:15 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1015 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

AMZ250-252-254-256-271515-
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-
1015 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST THURSDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 699 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

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.

   GALE WARNING.
   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION NEEDED.

NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-271515-
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-
1015 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...TORNADO WATCH 699 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

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.

   TORNADO WATCH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES
ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 26, 11:20 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 26, 11:30 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 26, 11:42 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 26, 12:19 PM EST, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 26, 12:33 PM EST, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 26, 12:35 PM EST, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1235 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

NCZ096-099-105-109-110-SCZ053-054-261830-
BLADEN-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COLUMBUS-INLAND
BRUNSWICK-INLAND HORRY-INLAND PENDER-
1235 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY...BRUNSWICK...
PENDER...BLADEN AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EST...

AT 1235 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BROOKSVILLE...OR ABOUT OVER LITTLE RIVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BURGAW...LITTLE RIVER...NORTH MYRTLE
BEACH...ASH...BETHEL...BROOKSVILLE...BUGHILL...CALABASH...CARVERS...
CHERRY GROVE BEACH...COUNCIL AND CRUSOE ISLAND.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3384 7857 3377 7877 3395 7896 3471 7837
      3457 7825 3469 7814 3464 7777
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 222DEG 79KT 3403 7857

WEISS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 26, 8:29 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		61 min
Dec 26, 9:05 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		49 min
Dec 26, 9:44 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		46 min
Dec 26, 10:03 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		57 min
Dec 26, 10:27 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		33 min
Dec 26, 10:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	48 min
Dec 26, 10:59 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		31 min
Dec 26, 11:01 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		44 min
Dec 26, 11:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Marion	60 min
Dec 26, 11:42 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		48 min
Dec 26, 12:14 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		61 min
Dec 26, 12:21 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		33 min
Dec 26, 12:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		40 min
Dec 26, 1:14 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		46 min
Dec 26, 2:14 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		42 min
Dec 26, 6:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	54 min
Dec 26, 9:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	13 min
Dec 26, 9:39 AM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	28 min
Dec 26, 10:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	62 min
Dec 26, 11:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	25 min
Dec 26, 11:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	24 min
Dec 26, 12:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	35 min
Dec 26, 12:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	57 min
Dec 26, 12:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	55 min
Dec 26, 1:07 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	53 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.