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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 6:15 AM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 90 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
- Aug 1, 2012, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 1, 4:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 4:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 412 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 NCZ087-096-099-105-106-108>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056- 020815- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 412 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN INTO THIS MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT MANAGE TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ107-020815- INLAND NEW HANOVER- 412 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .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. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN INTO THIS MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT MANAGE TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CAPE FEAR RIVER IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON MAY BRIEFLY REDEVELOP LATE THURSDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-020815- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 412 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FROM 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... 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 SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1 NM OR LESS THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ254-256-020815- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 412 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1 NM OR LESS THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RJD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:47 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:15 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
615 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
NCZ105>110-011145-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND
BRUNSWICK-INLAND NEW HANOVER-INLAND PENDER-
615 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BRUNSWICK...NEW HANOVER AND
PENDER COUNTIES THROUGH 745 AM EDT...
AT 615 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
OAK ISLAND...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF SHALLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NEW HANOVER
COUNTY...AROUND WILMINGTON.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE LELAND...WILMINGTON...BAYSHORE...
BISHOP...BOILING SPRING LAKES...CASTLE HAYNE...CIVIE TOWN...
EDGECOMB...HAMPSTEAD...LONG BEACH...MASONBORO AND MILL CREEK.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO POSSIBLY 40 MPH.
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS
AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS
FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3426 7774 3410 7785 3390 7808 3390 7830
3397 7836 3469 7767 3448 7757 3446 7753
3443 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1012Z 239DEG 17KT 3392 7816
DIGIORGIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro | 88 min |
| Aug 1, 8:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 45 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:51 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 20 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 7:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 95 min |
| Aug 1, 8:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 9:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 113 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.