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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 15, 2012Dillon County, South Carolina; Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT for Dillon County, South Carolina; Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2012, 4:37 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 15, 4:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 S Smiths, NC	DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND BRIEFLY COVERED THE GROUND

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 15, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 1682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

864 
WUUS52 KILM 152003
SVRILM
NCC017-047-155-SCC033-152100-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0049.120515T2003Z-120515T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
403 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  LAKE VIEW...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MULLINS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
   FAIR BLUFF...
   BARNESVILLE...
   FAIRMONT...
   BOARDMAN...
   HESTERTOWN...

MORE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY 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 3448 7872 3427 7903 3430 7907 3429 7909
      3425 7912 3425 7913 3436 7925 3466 7895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 223DEG 12KT 3433 7911

$$

BACON

2 follow-up statements

934 
WWUS52 KILM 152018
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
418 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

SCC033-152028-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120515T2100Z/
DILLON SC-
418 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DILLON COUNTY IS
CANCELED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY 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 3448 7872 3434 7899 3431 7905 3433 7908
      3443 7918 3466 7895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 223DEG 12KT 3437 7907

$$

NCC017-047-155-152100-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120515T2100Z/
ROBESON NC-COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC-
418 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN...NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS AND SOUTHEASTERN
ROBESON COUNTIES...

AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNESVILLE...OR 15
MILES NORTHEAST OF MULLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PROCTORVILLE...ORRUM...BOARDMAN...EVERGREEN...HESTERTOWN AND
BLADENBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY 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 3448 7872 3434 7899 3431 7905 3433 7908
      3443 7918 3466 7895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 223DEG 12KT 3437 7907

$$

BACON

977 
WWUS52 KILM 152037
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
437 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

NCC017-047-155-152047-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120515T2100Z/
ROBESON NC-COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC-
437 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN...
NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS AND SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTIES IS
CANCELED...

AT 433 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING
HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY 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 3448 7872 3434 7899 3431 7905 3433 7908
      3443 7918 3466 7895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 223DEG 12KT 3442 7902

$$

BACON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 11:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	54 min
May 14, 11:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Horry	26 min
May 15, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	39 min
May 15, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	36 min
May 15, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	46 min
May 15, 2:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	26 min
May 15, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	38 min
May 15, 2:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry, Marion	37 min
May 15, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	63 min
May 15, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	40 min
May 15, 5:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Georgetown	2 hr
May 15, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	66 min
May 14, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	54 min
May 14, 10:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	35 min
May 14, 10:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick	3 hr
May 15, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	58 min
May 15, 6:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	62 min
May 15, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	27 min
May 15, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Pender	9 min
May 15, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	26 min
May 15, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	64 min
May 15, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	65 min
May 15, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	57 min
May 15, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	67 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.