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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 11, 2012Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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 11, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Columbus County, NC

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Aug 11, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 5:42 AM EDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1229 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-111730-
DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-MARLBORO-WILLIAMSBURG-
1229 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WILLIAMSBURG...FLORENCE...
MARION...DILLON...MARLBORO AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM
EDT...

AT 1230 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF LAMAR TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HEBRON CROSSROADS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BISHOPVILLE TO 5 MILES EAST OF MANNING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DARLINGTON...FLORENCE...KINGSTREE...
LAKE CITY...BINGHAM...BLUE BRICK...BROWNSVILLE...CADES...
CARTERSVILLE...CLAUSSEN...DARLINGTON RACEWAY AND EFFINGHAM.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

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 3420 8012 3426 8013 3455 7947 3378 7933
      3376 7935 3362 8004 3372 7998 3377 8000
      3383 7991 3388 7989 3388 7994 3393 7997
      3396 7996 3399 7990 3407 8003 3409 8008
      3414 8015 3416 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 244DEG 33KT 3415 8015 3372 8009

BACON

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:31 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
300 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

NCZ096-099-SCZ053-112000-
BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND HORRY-
300 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

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

AT 301 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
BAYBORO...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WHITEVILLE...ALLSBROOK...BAYBORO...
CHADBOURN...CHERRY GROVE...CLARENDON...GREEN SEA...HALLSBORO...
LORIS...REDBUG...SIDNEY AND TABOR CITY.

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

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 3453 7880 3437 7854 3394 7899 3404 7916
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 206DEG 16KT 3406 7902

BACON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington, Florence	61 min
Aug 11, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	40 min
Aug 11, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	58 min
Aug 11, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	33 min
Aug 11, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	60 min
Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	62 min
Aug 11, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	28 min
Aug 11, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		28 min
Aug 10, 10:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	65 min
Aug 11, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	59 min

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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.