Alert archive / South Carolina / Areal Flood Warnings in 2012
Areal Flood Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this areal flood warning at May 16, 2012, 2:25 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 105 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
- May 16, 2012, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2012, 4:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 May 16, 1:48 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 1:48 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 6:16 AM EDT, 8 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 616 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 NCZ087-096-099-105>109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-171030- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 616 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. AMZ250-252-254-256-171030- 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- 616 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY...WHICH MAY BRING LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES...AS WELL AS CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ110-171030- COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 616 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 8
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 16, 9:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
937 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 AM HAIL 3 SW LAKE WACCAMAW 34.29N 78.55W
05/16/2012 E1.00 INCH COLUMBUS NC PUBLIC
DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL FOR APPROXIMATELY 2
MINUTES
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1200104
CRMLocal storm report, May 16, 9:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
939 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM HAIL 3 SW LAKE WACCAMAW 34.29N 78.55W
05/15/2012 E1.00 INCH COLUMBUS NC PUBLIC
DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL FOR APPROXIMATELY 2
MINUTES
&&
CORRECTED EVENT DATE...EVENT TIME
EVENT NUMBER ILM1200104
CRMLocal storm report, May 16, 10:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1036 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM HAIL 1 SSE PLANTERSVILLE 33.53N 79.21W
05/15/2012 E1.00 INCH GEORGETOWN SC PUBLIC
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL AT PLANTERSVILLE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1200105
CRMLocal storm report, May 16, 11:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1153 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL 5 S SMITHS 34.58N 78.87W
05/15/2012 E1.00 INCH ROBESON NC PUBLIC
DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND
BRIEFLY COVERED THE GROUND
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1200106
CRMSpecial weather statement, May 16, 12:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1224 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 NCZ099-109-SCZ053-161730- COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND HORRY- 1224 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY...BRUNSWICK AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT... AT 1224 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HAMMOND...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ADRIAN...ALLSBROOK...ASH...BETHEL... BROOKSVILLE...BUGHILL...DULAH...GORETOWN...GRISSETTOWN...HAMMOND... HAND AND IREDELL. 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. && LAT...LON 3395 7902 3428 7871 3396 7845 3379 7892 TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 240DEG 12KT 3392 7887 BACON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro | 115 min |
| May 15, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro | 37 min |
| May 15, 8:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro | 2 hr |
| May 15, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 67 min |
| May 16, 12:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 57 min |
| May 16, 12:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington | 91 min |
| May 16, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 66 min |
| May 16, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 35 min |
| May 16, 1:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 47 min |
| May 16, 1:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 111 min |
| May 16, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 69 min | |
| May 16, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown | 96 min |
| May 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 95 min | |
| May 16, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 67 min |
| May 16, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 3 hr |
| May 16, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 32 min |
| May 16, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington | 35 min |
| May 15, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 60 min |
| May 16, 4:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 34 min |
| May 16, 5:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 33 min |
| May 16, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 29 min |
| May 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 30 min |
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Areal Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2012Every areal flood warning in 2012
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.