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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2012, 10:42 PM EDT for Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 846 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 28, 8:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 8:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 406 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ024-032-033-039-053>056-292015- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 406 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 536 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. 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 MAY BE NEEDED. SCZ017-023-292015- MARLBORO-DARLINGTON- 406 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...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 MAY BE NEEDED. AMZ254-256-292015- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 406 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 536 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. AMZ250-252-292015- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 406 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 536 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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 EXERCISE CAUTION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. III
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion | 91 min |
| Jul 29, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 4:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 36 min |
| Jul 29, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 63 min |
| Jul 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 63 min |
| Jul 29, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 64 min |
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Special Weather Statements in South 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.