Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Wilmington, NC

936 
WWUS52 KILM 162211
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
611 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

SCC043-162300-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120516T2300Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-
611 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY...

AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NORTH SANTEE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAVES.

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 3331 7952 3346 7934 3334 7917 3331 7917
      3330 7918 3329 7927 3331 7928 3328 7928
      3325 7924 3317 7938
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 229DEG 11KT 3330 7935

$$

BACON

632 
WWUS52 KILM 162225
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
625 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

SCC043-162235-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120516T2300Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-
625 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY IS
CANCELED...

AT 623 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 
CONTINUE HOWEVER AND A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

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 3331 7952 3346 7934 3334 7917 3331 7917
      3330 7918 3329 7927 3331 7928 3328 7928
      3325 7924 3317 7938
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 229DEG 11KT 3333 7931

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
315 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY.  THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST
LATE THURSDAY AND STALL.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL RIDGE INTO THE AREA
FROM THE NORTHEAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS
ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVES SLOWLY NE.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1:30 PM WEDNESDAY...VIGOROUS SEA BREEZE CONVECTION OVER THE
COASTAL COUNTIES NOW IN PROGRESS IS BEING CAPTURED NEARLY
PERFECTLY BY THE LOCAL HRRR MODEL. THIS SAME MODEL CONTINUES SEA
BREEZE RELATED CONVECTION INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH ACTIVITY
SPREADING INLAND DURING THAT TIME. ACT TWO WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING
AS CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT SPREADS
FROM THE NORTHWEST TOWARDS THE COAST.

MODIFIED AREA SOUNDINGS FROM THIS MORNING SHOW A MOIST AND
MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES DEVELOPING
THIS AFTERNOON. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER IS KEEPING A BIT OF A DAMPER
ON CONVECTION INLAND SO FAR...ALTHOUGH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES
SEEM TO HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED MOST PLACES. CONVECTION ALONG THE SEA
BREEZE FRONT HAS BEEN STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE SO FAR WITH
REPORTS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND MOSTLY SMALL HAIL.

AS STATED ABOVE...APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL
CONVECTION STARTING THIS EVENING FROM THE NORTHWEST. FRONT WILL
SLOWLY DROP SE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND OFFSHORE BY AROUND
DAYBREAK THURSDAY. SYSTEM HAS DECENT UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WITH AN
IMPRESSIVE VORTICITY MAXIMUM AND A MODERATELY DEEP H/5 TROUGH
ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT. THESE FEATURES WILL CONTINUE THE GOOD
CHANCE THAT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

BASED ON RECENT MODEL PERFORMANCE HAVE GONE ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. MAJOR GUIDANCE HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY TOO
COOL LATELY...SO WILL BE GOING WITH MID 60S FOR MINIMUMS OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DAY WHERE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY
THROUGH BEFORE STALLING OFF THE COAST.  THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS AGAIN FRIDAY ALONG THE COAST...OTHERWISE FRIDAY
IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY.

TEMPS WILL REMAIN AROUND CLIMO FOR HIGHS THROUGH THE
PERIOD...REACHING A FEW DEGREES EITHER SIDE OF 80.  LOWS AROUND 60
ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT WITH MID 50S TO AROUND 60 EXPECTED
FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 300 PM WEDNESDAY...SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST.  HOWEVER...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
ALONG AN OLD FRONT OFF THE COAST OFF THE COAST WILL BRING A RETURN
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS ON SUNDAY.  AS WINDS BECOME MORE
EASTERLY EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING VARIETY...WILL
RETURN.  MAX TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE PERIOD
FROM UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S SATURDAY TO LOW TO MID 80S BY MID WEEK.
LOWS WILL ALSO MODERATE FROM THE MID 50S TO AROUND 60 SATURDAY NIGHT
TO LOW TO MID 60S BY TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION /17Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 17Z...CONVECTION ALREADY FIRING ALONG THE RESULTANT...WITH
CAPES AT 2K+ AND 1.6" PRECIPITABLE WATER. CONVECTION MAY OVERPOWER
THE RESULTANT AND AFFECT THE COASTAL TERMINALS THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY EARLY EVENING. LOOK FOR MVFR CEILINGS AND BRIEF
IFR VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY RAIN. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL ALSO
AFFECT INLAND TERMINALS...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOWER WITH RESPECT TO
TIMING AND INTENSITY. TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL WANE...BUT MORE
NOCTURNAL SHOWERS COULD ERUPT OFFSHORE...POSSIBLY COMING NEAR THE
MYRTLES AND ILM THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BRIEF IFR CEILINGS ARE
POSSIBLE AFTER 08Z WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.
THURSDAY...WINDS SHIFT WEAKLY TO THE NORTHEAST WITH MORE SCATTERED
CONVECTION EXPECTED...BEST CHANCE SOUTH.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK...CONDITIONS IMPROVING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH VFR
EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS SOUTH ON MONDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1:30 PM WEDNESDAY...WINDS NEAR SHORE THIS AFTERNOON BEING
ENHANCED BY CONVECTION JUST INLAND THAT IS RELATED TO THIS
AFTERNOONS SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE RIGHT
AROUND 15 KTS NEAR SHORE...AND AROUND 20 IN THE VICINITY OF
CONVECTION. OTHERWISE...GENERALLY LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS OVER THE WATERS WILL PRECEDE A COLD FRONT TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...WITH WINDS TURNING NEARLY CALM BY DAYBREAK AS THE FRONT
MOVES OVER THE WATERS. SEAS WILL REMAIN IN THEIR PRESENT 3 FT
RANGE THROUGH THE PERIOD...PERHAPS DROPPING A FOOT BY MORNING AS
WINDS SLACKEN.

SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY IS A TRANSITION DAY AS A COLD
FRONT CROSSES THE WATERS DURING IN THE DAY. NW WINDS OF 5-10 KTS
EARLY THURSDAY WILL BECOME NE AND BEGIN TO INCREASE ON A NE SURGE AS
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES DOWN THE COAST. WINDS INCREASE TO 10-15 KTS
THURSDAY NIGHT WHICH HELPS BUILD SEAS FROM 2-3 FT UP TO 3-4
FT...WITH THE NE WIND CHOP BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DOMINANT IN
THE SPECTRUM. NE WINDS INCREASE FURTHER FRIDAY...TO 15-20 KTS
THROUGH THE DAY. THIS BUILDS SEAS FURTHER...TO 4-5 FT...AND SCEC
HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED LATE IN THE DAY.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 300 PM WEDNESDAY...CONTINUED STRONG E-NE WINDS THROUGH THE
WKND MAY NECESSITATE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THROUGH MUCH OF
THE WEEKEND. NE WINDS OF 15-20 KTS WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY BEFORE
DIMINISHING LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS WINDS BECOME MORE EASTERLY.
AS A RESULT...SEAS WILL BUILD TO 4-6 FT BEGINNING VERY EARLY
SATURDAY AND PERSISTING INTO SUNDAY.  SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 4
FT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
NC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...REK/JDW
NEAR TERM...REK
SHORT TERM...RAN
LONG TERM...RAN
AVIATION...DL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
323 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

NCZ087-096-099-105>109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-171930-
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-
323 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-254-256-171930-
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-
323 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ110-171930-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-
323 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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.

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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
343 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0120 PM     FLOOD            1 WNW LONGS             33.94N  78.74W
05/16/2012                   HORRY              SC   911 CALL CENTER

            WATER WAS REPORTED UP TO WAIST DEEP IN SOME OF THE
            NEIGHBORHOOD YARDS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 9
            AND HIGHWAY 905. THE LONG BAY GOLF COURSE ALSO
            EXPERIENCED SOME FLOODED ROADWAYS FOR A TIME. PEOPLE
            TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER GOT STUCK. THE
            FLOODING WAS DUE TO WATER FLOWING OVER THE TOP OF
            DRAINAGE DITCHES DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1200108

RJD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
401 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     HAIL             6 NNE WHITE LAKE        34.71N 78.45W
05/16/2012  E1.00 INCH       BLADEN             NC   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL QUARTER SIZE HAIL STONES FELL DURING A TORRENTIAL
            DOWNPOUR.

&&

MORGAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
403 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     HAIL             6 NNE WHITE LAKE        34.71N 78.45W
05/16/2012  E1.00 INCH       BLADEN             NC   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL QUARTER SIZE HAIL STONES FELL DURING A TORRENTIAL
            DOWNPOUR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1200109

MORGAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
506 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     FLOOD            2 SW LITCHFIELD BEACH   33.45N  79.12W
05/16/2012                   GEORGETOWN         SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF WATER STANDING ON U.S HWY 17 FOR
            4 TO 5 BLOCKS NEAR TILLER DR. FOUR CARS IN DITCHES DUE
            TO ACCIDENTS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1200110

RAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
522 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     HAIL             3 NNE QUINBY            34.28N  79.70W
05/15/2012  E1.00 INCH       FLORENCE           SC   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG NORTH WILLISTON ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1200112

SRP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
538 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

SCZ055-056-162245-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
538 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGETOWN COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM EDT...

AT 538 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTH SANTEE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GEORGETOWN...GRAVES...JACKSON...
LITCHFIELD BEACH...NORTH SANTEE...PLANTERSVILLE AND PAWLEY'S 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3323 7946 3323 7949 3329 7955 3359 7923
      3347 7909 3341 7913 3334 7915 3334 7917
      3332 7916 3330 7920 3329 7927 3331 7928
      3328 7928 3326 7925 3317 7939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 225DEG 11KT 3329 7940

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