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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2012, 2:56 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 64 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 28, 2012, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Georgetown County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 Jul 28, 2:20 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:20 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 10:07 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1007 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-291415- 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- 1007 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ254-256-291415- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 1007 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-291415- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 1007 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .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. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. III
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
256 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
SCZ055-056-282000-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
256 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGETOWN COUNTY THROUGH
400 PM EDT...
AT 256 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS
OVER THE NORTHERN TIP OF WINYAH BAY. OTHER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS GEORGETOWN...MAINLY WEST OF WINYAH BAY.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GEORGETOWN...GRAVES...JACKSON...
LAMBERT...LITCHFIELD BEACH...NORTH SANTEE...OATLAND...
PLANTERSVILLE...SAMPIT...YAUHANNAH AND PAWLEY'S ISLAND.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
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 3331 7964 3373 7929 3371 7927 3370 7924
3370 7925 3370 7922 3363 7918 3357 7912
3355 7904 3338 7914 3325 7918 3321 7916
3313 7926
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 253DEG 8KT 3338 7927
ZOUZIASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 32 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.