Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 9:49 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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 2, 2012, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 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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WWUS82 KILM 030149
SPSILM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
949 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
NCZ099-109-110-SCZ053-054-030245-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND
HORRY-
949 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY...BRUNSWICK AND
COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT...
AT 949 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NAKINA...OR BETWEEN TABOR CITY AND WHITEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE LITTLE RIVER...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...
SHALLOTTE...WHITEVILLE...ALLSBROOK...ASH...BETHEL...BOILING SPRING
LAKES...BROOKSVILLE...BUGHILL...CALABASH AND CHADBOURN.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3391 7822 3389 7841 3382 7866 3373 7886
3425 7913 3428 7910 3439 7850 3397 7798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 321DEG 12KT 3413 7864
$$
ZOUZIASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 59 min |
Nearby
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.