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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 21, 2012Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2012, 1:37 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 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 21, 2012, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2012, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Horry County, SC

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 20, 7:50 PM EDT, 17 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 7:50 PM EDT, 17 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 2:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		68 hr
Apr 21, 5:18 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 21, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	23 min
Apr 21, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	52 min
Apr 21, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry, Marion	44 min
Apr 21, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	51 min
Apr 21, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	62 min
Apr 21, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		49 min
Apr 21, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		58 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2012 Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.