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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT for Robeson 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 23, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Robeson County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 23, 3:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 300 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2012 SCZ053-054-231930- COASTAL HORRY-INLAND HORRY- 300 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 301 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ATLANTIC BEACH...OR ABOUT OVER NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE HAND AND ATLANTIC BEACH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... 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 3379 7872 3385 7890 3390 7879 3382 7867 TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 120DEG 9KT 3381 7872 III
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 3:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 308 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2012 SCZ053-054-231930- COASTAL HORRY-INLAND HORRY- 308 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2012 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE OVER HORRY COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 307 PM EDT...FUNNEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS MOVING ONSHORE WERE BEING REPORTED BETWEEN ATLANTIC BEACH AND NORTH MYRTLE BEACH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... FUNNEL CLOUDS GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. STORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...FUNNEL CLOUDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. && LAT...LON 3385 7890 3390 7879 3382 7867 3379 7873 TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 120DEG 9KT 3382 7871 III
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 6:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 22 min |
| Aug 23, 4:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion | 115 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.