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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 28, 2012, 2:01 AM EDT for Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 28, 2012, 2:01 AM EDT (06:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2012, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 28, 1:35 AM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 1:35 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 11:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1143 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
NCZ096-099-105-109-280445-
BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND PENDER-
1143 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BRUNSWICK...PENDER...BLADEN
AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT...
AT 1143 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN...TO OLD DOCK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BURGAW...ELIZABETHTOWN...ASHTON...
CARVERS...COUNCIL...CRUSOE ISLAND...CURRIE...DELCO...ELKTON...
EMERSON...FREELAND AND FREEMAN.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3475 7838 3470 7836 3467 7832 3461 7831
3457 7825 3473 7811 3474 7801 3442 7782
3437 7796 3438 7796 3437 7799 3436 7799
3407 7858 3464 7873 3479 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 247DEG 26KT 3452 7850
WEISSSpecial weather statement, Apr 28, 12:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1213 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012
NCZ099-109-110-SCZ053-054-280515-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND
HORRY-
1213 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY...BRUNSWICK AND
COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT...
AT 1213 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
DULAH...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE RIVER...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE LITTLE RIVER...SHALLOTTE...ASH...
BETHEL...BISHOP...BOILING SPRING LAKES...BROOKSVILLE...BUGHILL...
CALABASH...CIVIE TOWN...DULAH AND EXUM.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. MANY LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF
YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS TAKE COVER IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3385 7801 3389 7804 3391 7813 3391 7827
3390 7838 3386 7851 3388 7889 3414 7889
3423 7800 3384 7798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 271DEG 32KT 3402 7869
WEISSSpecial weather statement, Apr 28, 12:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Horry, Marion | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 11:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry, Marion | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 2:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 67 min |
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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.