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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 29, 2012Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2012, 3:07 PM EDT for Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2012, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Marion 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 29, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 2:58 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:32 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
307 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012

SCZ033-053-292000-
INLAND HORRY-MARION-
307 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY AND MARION COUNTIES
THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 307 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
AYNOR...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRITTON NECK...DONGOLA...GALIVANTS
FERRY...GAPWAY...GREEN SEA...GRESHAM...HORRY...PEE DEE CROSSROADS...
RAINS AND AYNOR.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3396 7949 3396 7948 3398 7950 3399 7951
      3405 7951 3420 7933 3415 7897 3370 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 281DEG 16KT 3398 7923

ZOUZIAS

The office that day

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, 10:42 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, 3:36 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

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.