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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this heat advisory at Jun 18, 2015, 4:06 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Jun 18, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2015, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 18, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 904 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jun 18, 4:04 AM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 4:04 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 750 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-190000- 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- 750 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...WITH HEAT ADVISORIES POSSIBLE THURSDAY...AND AGAIN NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-190000- 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- 750 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. 17
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 3:12 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 28 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 84 min | |
| Jun 18, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 96 min |
| Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 2 hr | |
| Jun 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Georgetown, Williamsburg | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 24 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.