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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 30, 2012Georgetown County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2012, 9:59 AM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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 30, 2012, 9:59 AM EDT (13:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2012, 10:45 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Georgetown County, SC

The radar

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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, 7:36 PM EDT, 14 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 7:36 PM EDT, 14 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:39 PM EDT, 18 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		58 min
Jul 30, 10:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	110 min
Jul 30, 10:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	42 min
Jul 30, 10:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Georgetown	94 min
Jul 30, 11:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	90 min
Jul 30, 11:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	91 min
Jul 30, 2:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	65 min
Jul 30, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington	58 min
Jul 30, 12:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen	116 min
Jul 30, 1:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	110 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.