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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2014, 1:01 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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 15, 2014, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 15, 10:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 10:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 614 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 AMZ250-252-254-256-161015- 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- 614 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .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. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION. .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. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-096-099-105>109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-161015- 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- 614 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDEX VALUES AT OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. .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. NCZ110-161015- COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 614 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...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. HEAT INDEX VALUES AT OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. .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. III
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:12 PM EDT, 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 5:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 12 hr | |
| Jul 15, 12:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon, Marion | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Florence, Horry, Marion | 84 min |
| Jul 15, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 65 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.