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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2013, 5:24 PM EDT for Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 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, 2013, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2013, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Williamsburg County, SC
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</html>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 23, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 345 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-241945- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 345 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAY CREATE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-241945- 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- 345 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 17
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
524 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013
SCZ039-232215-
WILLIAMSBURG-
524 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY
THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 524 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF KINGSTREE...STATIONARY.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE KINGSTREE...HEBRON...HEBRON
CROSSROADS...NIXONVILLE AND SALTERS.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3372 7998 3376 8000 3377 8000 3380 7996
3385 7987 3368 7967 3358 7986 3370 8000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 326DEG 1KT 3372 7990
BACONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 6:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 3 days |
| Aug 23, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Florence | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 7:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.