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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2012, 8:53 PM EDT for Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 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
- Sep 8, 2012, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 2376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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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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 Sep 8, 8:39 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 8:39 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 5:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 548 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-092200- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 548 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE WATER TO POND IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTING WILL ACCOMPANY MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO INCLUDE FLOODING. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-092200- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 548 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE WATER TO POND IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTING WILL ACCOMPANY MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. AN ELEVATED RISK FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ABOVE NORMAL BREAKERS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO INCLUDE FLOODING. AMZ250-252-254-256-092200- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 548 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SWELL GENERATED BY TROPICAL CYCLONE LESLIE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ELEVATED SEAS. LATE NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SUNDAY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN. SWELL GENERATED BY TROPICAL CYCLONE LESLIE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARINERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS THEY ENCOUNTER. 27
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 5:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
500 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCZ096-099-109-082200-
BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK-
500 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS BRUNSWICK...BLADEN AND
COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 459 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LAKE WACCAMAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DELCO...FREEMAN...KELLY...LAKE
WACCAMAW...RIEGELWOOD...BOLTON...EAST ARCADIA AND SANDY CREEK.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3423 7854 3431 7859 3450 7829 3443 7822
3440 7826 3438 7824 3437 7822 3435 7820
3436 7816 3437 7814 3429 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 240DEG 15KT 3429 7846
IIISpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 5:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
544 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
SCZ017-023-024-032-033-053-082245-
DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-INLAND HORRY-MARION-MARLBORO-
544 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY...FLORENCE...MARION...
DILLON...MARLBORO AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 543 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM DILLON TO FLORENCE TO CARTERSVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DILLON...FLORENCE...MARION...
MULLINS...BINGHAM...BLUE BRICK...BROWNSVILLE...CARTERSVILLE...
CLAUSSEN...AND DUNBAR.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3423 8009 3463 7946 3417 7892 3394 7968
3399 7990 3409 8009 3416 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 255DEG 25KT 3445 7953 3416 7980
3409 7997
IIISpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 6:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 616 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 NCZ087-096-099-082315- BLADEN-COLUMBUS-ROBESON- 616 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BLADEN...COLUMBUS AND ROBESON COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 616 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROWLAND TO MULLINS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE LUMBERTON...WHITEVILLE... ABBOTTSBURG...BARNESVILLE...BLADENBORO...BOARDMAN...CHADBOURN... CHERRY GROVE...CLARENDON...ELKTON...ELROD AND EMERSON. HAZARDS INCLUDE... PEA SIZE HAIL. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 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 3426 7839 3417 7892 3460 7942 3471 7871 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 254DEG 28KT 3450 7925 3425 7923 III
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
735 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCZ096-099-109-SCZ053-090030-
BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND HORRY-
735 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY...BRUNSWICK...BLADEN
AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...
AT 735 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITEVILLE TO OLD DOCK TO BETHEL...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WHITEVILLE...ASH...BETHEL...
BUGHILL...CARVERS...CHADBOURN...CHERRY GROVE...CLARENDON...COUNCIL...
CRUSOE ISLAND...EXUM AND FREELAND.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3455 7835 3406 7824 3405 7883 3425 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 261DEG 14KT 3435 7860 3419 7863
3411 7877
IIILocal storm report, Sep 8, 8:10 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
810 PM EDT SAT SEP 08 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM LIGHTNING 4 ESE CLARENDON 34.19N 78.79W
09/08/2012 COLUMBUS NC AMATEUR RADIO
LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOME ON JAMES B WHITE HWY SOUTH.
TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1200330
LACORTESpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 8:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion | 88 min |
| Sep 8, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 67 min |
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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.