Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT for Florence County, Horry County, Marion County, South 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Florence County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 May 23, 1:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 1:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 1:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 111 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 2014 AMZ250-252-254-256-241715- 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- 111 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 178 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .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. NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-241715- 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- 111 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 178 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .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. RJD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:11 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 411 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 2014 SCZ032-033-053-232115- FLORENCE-INLAND HORRY-MARION- 411 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OUT OF FLORENCE INTO MARION AND HORRY COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 409 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRESHAM...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CONWAY...ADRIAN...BRITTON NECK... GALIVANTS FERRY...GRESHAM...HICKORY GROVE...HOMEWOOD...HORRY...PEE DEE CROSSROADS...RAINS AND AYNOR. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. && LAT...LON 3394 7892 3372 7912 3403 7962 3419 7951 TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 307DEG 26KT 3405 7947 ZOUZIAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 51 min |
| May 23, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 60 min | |
| May 23, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 96 min | |
| May 23, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry, Marion | 64 min |
| May 23, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 62 min |
| May 23, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 29 min |
| May 23, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.