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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2012, 1:33 AM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 26, 2012, 1:33 AM EDT (05:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Bladen County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
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 Jun 26, 1:22 AM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:22 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 327 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 AMZ250-252-254-256-261930- 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- 327 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .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. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS EXPECT TO END EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-024-261930- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DILLON- 327 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY TURN EXCESSIVE LATE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-110-261930- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 327 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY TURN EXCESSIVE LATE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ023-032-033-039-053-055-261930- DARLINGTON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- INLAND GEORGETOWN- 327 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY TURN EXCESSIVE LATE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ054-056-261930- COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 327 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY TURN EXCESSIVE LATE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. III
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1224 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012
NCZ087-096-260530-
BLADEN-ROBESON-
1224 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BLADEN AND ROBESON
COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM EDT...
AT 1224 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMMON TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SHANNON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF CLINTON
TO RAEFORD...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ELIZABETHTOWN...LUMBERTON...RED
SPRINGS...ALMA...AMMON...BARKER TEN MILE...BLADENBORO...BUIE...
DUART...ELROD...HESTERTOWN AND HOWELLSVILLE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
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 3490 7893 3484 7890 3485 7882 3486 7850
3467 7832 3451 7825 3455 7928 3484 7936
3484 7919 3496 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 348DEG 18KT 3493 7847 3497 7929
BACONSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 1:06 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 3:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 61 min | |
| Jun 26, 12:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 49 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.