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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2013, 8:10 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2013, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 7:34 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 7:34 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 409 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 NCZ087-096-099-105>109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-192015- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 409 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FROM DAMAGING WINDS. BRIEF...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ110-192015- COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 409 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH 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. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FROM DAMAGING WINDS. BRIEF...HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-192015- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 409 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... 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. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER LAND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE OFFSHORE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ254-256-192015- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 409 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 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 EXERCISE CAUTION. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER LAND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE OFFSHORE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
625 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
NCZ087-SCZ017-024-033-182330-
DILLON-MARION-MARLBORO-ROBESON-
625 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MARION...DILLON...MARLBORO
AND ROBESON COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 625 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
BINGHAM...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF DILLON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DILLON...LUMBERTON...BARKER TEN
MILE...BINGHAM...BUIE...ELROD...FAIRMONT...FLOYDALE...HAMER...
HESTERTOWN...HOWELLSVILLE AND LATTA.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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 3484 7890 3474 7885 3469 7880 3462 7883
3459 7883 3457 7885 3453 7886 3422 7950
3450 7962 3489 7895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 254DEG 37KT 3444 7945
WEISSLocal storm report, Jun 18, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
638 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW RAINS 34.06N 79.36W
06/18/2013 MARION SC EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN IN ROADWAY AT SC 41-ALT AND CHIPPENHAM RD -
TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1300145
BJRSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 7:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 82 min | |
| Jun 19, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| Jun 19, 4:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 114 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.