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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 19, 2012Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2012, 11:08 AM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 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 19, 2012, 11:08 AM EDT (15:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1089 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 19, 10:50 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 10:50 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 10:41 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 7:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
738 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NCZ107>110-191245-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND NEW
HANOVER-
738 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS BRUNSWICK AND NEW HANOVER
COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM EDT...

AT 738 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
VARNAMTOWN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF SHALLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CAROLINA BEACH...BOILING SPRING
LAKES...CIVIE TOWN...LONG BEACH...MILL CREEK...MYRTLE GROVE...OAK
ISLAND...SILVER LAKE...SOUTHPORT...SUPPLY...BOLIVIA AND HOLDEN BEACH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
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 3393 7793 3390 7810 3391 7813 3390 7833
      3403 7838 3419 7791 3408 7786
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 251DEG 21KT 3396 7824

REK
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 9:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
927 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

SCZ017-191430-
MARLBORO-
927 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MARLBORO COUNTY THROUGH
1030 AM EDT...

AT 927 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CHAVISTOWN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF BENNETTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BENNETTSVILLE...CHAVISTOWN...CLIO...
DUNBAR...MCCOLL...WALLACE AND TATUM.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
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 3481 7967 3472 7956 3461 7946 3453 7951
      3452 7983 3460 7981 3462 7978 3465 7982
      3468 7986 3475 7990 3477 7994 3480 7994
      3481 7993
TIME...MOT...LOC 1327Z 263DEG 27KT 3465 7977

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 10:13 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1013 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NCZ087-191515-
ROBESON-
1013 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ROBESON COUNTY THROUGH 1115
AM EDT...

AT 1013 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF RAEMON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF LAURINBURG...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE LUMBERTON...RED SPRINGS...ALMA...
BARKER TEN MILE...BUIE...ELROD...HESTERTOWN...HOWELLSVILLE...
MAXTON...PEMBROKE...PURVIS AND RAEMON.

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 3488 7892 3457 7889 3458 7940 3463 7946
      3477 7934 3482 7936 3483 7935 3484 7933
      3484 7919 3488 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 268DEG 29KT 3467 7941

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 9:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro63 min
Aug 19, 11:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDillon68 min
Aug 19, 11:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMFlorence, Marion63 min
Aug 19, 12:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry56 min
Aug 19, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry55 min
Aug 19, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg67 min
Aug 19, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM59 min
Aug 19, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry27 min
Aug 18, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender49 min
Aug 18, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender57 min
Aug 19, 7:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick67 min
Aug 19, 10:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson62 min
Aug 19, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender57 min
Aug 19, 12:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen66 min
Aug 19, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender55 min
Aug 19, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus67 min
Aug 19, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender54 min
Aug 19, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick53 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.