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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2012, 12:40 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 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
- May 22, 2012, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Bladen County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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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</html>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 May 22, 10:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 10:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:51 AM EDT, 8 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 351 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-230800- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 351 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-230800- 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- 351 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-230800- MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- 351 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A COUPLE STORMS MAY TURN SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ053-055-230800- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 351 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. RJD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 12:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1240 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
NCZ096-221745-
BLADEN-
1240 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BLADEN COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM
EDT...
AT 1241 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WHITE LAKE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WHITE LAKE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
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 3478 7842 3475 7838 3473 7838 3470 7836
3470 7835 3467 7832 3463 7831 3462 7832
3455 7850 3470 7862 3482 7845
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 238DEG 10KT 3468 7847
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 54 min |
| May 22, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 67 min |
| May 22, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 20 min |
| May 22, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion | 63 min |
| May 22, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 62 min |
| May 22, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Marion | 17 min |
| May 22, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 34 min |
| May 22, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 61 min |
| May 22, 5:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown | 56 min |
| May 22, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 54 min |
| May 22, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 3 hr |
| May 22, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 54 min |
| May 22, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 58 min |
| May 22, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 54 min |
| May 22, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 46 min |
| May 22, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 61 min |
| May 22, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 31 min |
| May 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 60 min |
| May 22, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 66 min |
| May 22, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 32 min |
| May 22, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 60 min |
| May 22, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 39 min |
| May 22, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 40 min |
| May 22, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Pender | 49 min |
| May 22, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 22 min |
| May 22, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 20 min |
| May 22, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 15 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.