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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2012, 7:31 PM EDT for Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 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 23, 2012, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 2136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 23, 6:52 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 6:52 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 529 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-242130- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 529 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. .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. HEAT ADVISORY. AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 TO 110 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. HEAT ADVISORIES OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-110-242130- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 529 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 TO 110 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. HEAT ADVISORIES OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-242130- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 529 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. .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 SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ254-256-242130- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 529 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RJD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
504 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012
NCZ096-099-105>109-232200-
BLADEN-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL PENDER-COLUMBUS-INLAND
BRUNSWICK-INLAND NEW HANOVER-INLAND PENDER-
504 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS BRUNSWICK...NEW
HANOVER...PENDER...BLADEN AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 503 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING FROM NEAR WHITEVILLE...TO WILMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BURGAW...LELAND...WHITEVILLE...
WILMINGTON...ABBOTTSBURG...ASHTON...BATARORA...BAYSHORE...BISHOP...
BLADENBORO...CARVERS AND CASTLE HAYNE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3439 7758 3426 7774 3412 7784 3415 7888
3450 7885 3451 7885 3457 7885 3456 7761
3448 7757 3447 7754 3445 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 278DEG 11KT 3432 7829
WEISSSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 3:19 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence, Marion | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence, Marion | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 64 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.