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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 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, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 2022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 Jul 11, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 327 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-121930- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 327 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY CONCERN FROM CONVECTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. AMZ250-252-254-256-121930- 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 WED JUL 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS ACTIVITY ARE THE NEAR 0 VISIBILITY FROM THE SQUALLS ACCOMPANIED WITH 25 TO POSSIBLY 35 KT WINDS...AND OCCASIONAL/FREQUENT CLOUD TO OCEAN LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 8
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
405 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012
NCZ099-SCZ053-112100-
COLUMBUS-INLAND HORRY-
405 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES
THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 405 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HOMEWOOD...OR ABOUT OVER CONWAY...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ADRIAN...ALLSBROOK...BAYBORO...CHERRY
GROVE...DULAH...FAIR BLUFF...GORETOWN...GREEN SEA...HAMMOND...
HOMEWOOD...HORRY AND LONGS.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 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 3403 7861 3401 7864 3399 7863 3378 7892
3397 7926 3431 7905 3431 7904 3433 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 203DEG 17KT 3393 7899
ZOUZIASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 12:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 23 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.