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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 11, 2012Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2012, 12:37 AM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 23 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: Jul 11, 2012, 12:37 AM EDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Horry County, SC

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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 Jul 10, 10:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 10:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 10:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
728 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

SCZ017-110030-
MARLBORO-
728 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MARLBORO COUNTY THROUGH 830
PM EDT...

AT 728 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTH OF CHAVISTOWN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHERAW...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BENNETTSVILLE...CHAVISTOWN...CLIO...
MCCOLL...WALLACE AND TATUM.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3481 7967 3465 7948 3454 7950 3464 7980
      3465 7982 3465 7984 3467 7984 3467 7985
      3469 7987 3473 7989 3481 7984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 284DEG 7KT 3476 7976

ZOUZIAS

Local storm report, Jul 10, 8:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
805 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S PARKTON             34.88N  79.01W
07/10/2012                   ROBESON            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORT OF TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF CAROLINA CHURCH
            RD AND SHAW RD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1200261

LACORTE

Local storm report, Jul 10, 8:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
806 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW LUMBER BRIDGE      34.88N  79.09W
07/10/2012                   ROBESON            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORT OF TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF US 71 N AND
            QUICK ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1200262

LACORTE

Local storm report, Jul 10, 8:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
807 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

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

0735 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE PARKTON            34.87N  78.98W
07/10/2012                   ROBESON            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORT OF TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF LITTLE MARSH
            ROAD AND US 301 N. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1200263

LACORTE

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:37 AM EDT, 0 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
Jul 11, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	64 min
Jul 11, 1:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown	98 min
Jul 11, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	54 min
Jul 11, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	43 min
Jul 11, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	65 min
Jul 11, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	55 min
Jul 11, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	57 min
Jul 11, 6:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon, Marlboro	109 min
Jul 11, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	54 min
Jul 11, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus, Pender	52 min
Jul 11, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Pender	57 min
Jul 11, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	63 min
Jul 11, 6:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	111 min
Jul 11, 6:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Pender	3 hr

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.