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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Oct 15, 2014, 5:45 AM EDT for Columbus County, North 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 15, 2014, 5:45 AM EDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2014, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Oct 15, 3:45 AM EDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 3:45 AM EDT, 2 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 5:07 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 507 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-160915- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 507 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TODAY...LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW OVERALL...BUT LARGEST ALONG THE COAST. .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-SCZ054-056-160915- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 507 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... 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. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TODAY...LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .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. AMZ254-256-160915- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 507 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... 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 ADVISORY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TODAY. .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. AMZ250-252-160915- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 507 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE 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 ADVISORY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS COULD REDEVELOP THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT DUE TO LARGE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE GONZALO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 9
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 15, 5:45 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
545 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2014
NCZ096-099-109-110-151045-
BLADEN-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK-
545 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2014
...A BAND OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS BRUNSWICK...BLADEN AND COLUMBUS
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 AM EDT...
AT 539 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LAGOON ACROSS COUNCIL AND FREELAND TO
CALABASH...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE
SHALLOTTE...ASH...BOLTON...CALABASH...CARVERS...COUNCIL...CRUSOE
ISLAND...EXUM...FREELAND...FREEMAN...GRISSETTOWN...HONEY ISLAND AND
IREDELL.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
SHORT BURSTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE HALF TO 1 INCH IN LESS
THAN 1 HOURS TIME...THAT MAY RESULT IN TEMPORARY LOCALIZED FLOODING.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY
WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND MINOR FLOODING. IT IS
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
&&
LAT...LON 3475 7838 3470 7836 3467 7832 3460 7830
3457 7825 3453 7827 3448 7821 3442 7823
3440 7826 3439 7824 3390 7838 3386 7855
3395 7865 3482 7846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0939Z 191DEG 34KT 3409 7849
RALFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 7:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 96 min | |
| Oct 15, 7:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 60 min |
| Oct 15, 2:15 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 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.