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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2012, 10:33 AM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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, 10:33 AM EDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 29, 7:36 PM EDT, 14 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 7:36 PM EDT, 14 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:39 PM EDT, 18 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 339 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 NCZ096-099-105>110-301200- BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 339 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING HEAVY RAINFALL MONDAY...RESULTING IN ISOLATED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE STRONG POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SCZ053>056-301200- INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 339 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 538 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING HEAVY RAINFALL MONDAY...RESULTING IN ISOLATED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE STRONG POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF STORM DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AMZ254-256-301200- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 339 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 538 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. AMZ250-252-301200- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 339 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-301200- ROBESON-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- 339 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE STRONG POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SCZ039-301200- WILLIAMSBURG- 339 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 538 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING HEAVY RAINFALL MONDAY...RESULTING IN ISOLATED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE STRONG POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF STORM DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY AND TUESDAY. 9
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, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 10:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 110 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, 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.