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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2013, 2:44 PM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 3, 2013, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
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 Jul 3, 1:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 NCZ087-096-099-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-040830- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-040830- 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- 426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-110-040830- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ054-056-040830- COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ105-107-109-040830- INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- 426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 6:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 114 min |
| Jul 3, 8:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 90 min |
| Jul 3, 9:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Williamsburg | 110 min |
| Jul 3, 11:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Marion, Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Marion, Marlboro | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 2:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Williamsburg | 117 min |
| Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion, Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Williamsburg | 113 min |
| Jul 3, 7:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Florence | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 9 days |
| Jul 3, 11:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, Pender | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Pender | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 5:03 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 3 hr |
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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.