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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2014, 2:06 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina; Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 10, 2014, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 Jul 10, 1:27 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:27 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 1:37 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 137 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 NCZ110-SCZ054-111745- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- 137 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 410 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-111745- 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- 137 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-096-099-105>109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-056-111745- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 137 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 410 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. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN STRONGER STORMS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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, Jul 10, 8:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 10, 9:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
925 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM WATER SPOUT 2 ESE MYRTLE BEACH 33.68N 78.86W
07/10/2014 AMZ254 SC MEDIA
MEDIA RELAYED VIEWER REPORT
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1400275
ROSSSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 1:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
121 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
SCZ024-032-033-053-101815-
DILLON-FLORENCE-INLAND HORRY-MARION-
121 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST
HORRY...FLORENCE...MARION AND DILLON COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
AT 117 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 1 OF THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER GRESHAM...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF
MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
ADDITIONAL STORMS...POSSIBLY BECOMING STRONG...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
NORTHERN MARION AND SOUTHERN DILLON COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MARION...MULLINS...BLUE BRICK...
BRITTON NECK...CLAUSSEN...FLOYDALE...FORK...GALIVANTS FERRY...
GAPWAY...GREEN SEA...GRESHAM AND KEMPER.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF ADDITIONAL THREATS INCLUDING
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT IS
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
&&
LAT...LON 3412 7887 3382 7937 3382 7938 3380 7939
3412 7968 3447 7927
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 230DEG 13KT 3394 7936
RALFSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 1:32 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
132 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
NCZ096-101830-
BLADEN-
132 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF BLADEN COUNTY
THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 130 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF BOTH DUBLIN AND ELIZABETHTOWN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ELIZABETHTOWN...ABBOTTSBURG...
AMMON...RUSKIN...WHITE OAK...CLARKTON...DUBLIN AND WHITE LAKE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF ADDITIONAL THREATS INCLUDING
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT IS
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 7850 3473 7838 3470 7836 3470 7835
3467 7833 3448 7868 3459 7884 3460 7884
3486 7866 3486 7857
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 220DEG 13KT 3461 7868
RALFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 9:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 4:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Robeson | 75 min |
| Jul 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Robeson | 115 min |
| Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Robeson | 110 min |
| Jul 10, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 7:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 111 min |
| Jul 10, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 65 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.