Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2015, 7:24 PM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 17, 2015, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2015, 7:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 Jun 17, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 330 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-181930- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 330 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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. HEAT ADVISORY. .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. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-181930- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 330 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDEX VALUES 100 TO 104 DEGREES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .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. AMZ250-252-254-256-181930- 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- 330 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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, Jun 17, 3:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
348 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
NCZ087-096-172045-
BLADEN-ROBESON-
348 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BLADEN AND
NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTIES...
AT 348 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER REX...OR 8 MILES EAST
OF RED SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED SPRINGS...ST. PAULS...SMITHS...HOWELLSVILLE...TOLARSVILLE...
TOBERMORY...REX...DUART...BARKER TEN MILE...SHANNON...PARKTON...
RENNERT AND LUMBER BRIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23
AND 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LAT...LON 3491 7895 3488 7892 3486 7893 3484 7890
3485 7885 3481 7880 3478 7877 3461 7888
3479 7920 3494 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 307DEG 20KT 3483 7903
SHKSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 4:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
447 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
SCZ023-172145-
DARLINGTON-
447 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL DARLINGTON
COUNTY...
AT 447 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR
HARTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...LAMAR...DARLINGTON RACEWAY...FLOYD...
LYDIA...DOVESVILLE...AUBURN...NORTH HARTSVILLE...OATS...MONT CLARE...
CAROLINA PINES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND MCLEOD MEDICAL CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 138.
INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR MILE MARKER 146.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LAT...LON 3420 8011 3423 8011 3425 8013 3440 8012
3444 7977 3428 7978 3418 7992 3417 8013
3418 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 268DEG 24KT 3432 8003
SHKSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 455 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 NCZ096-172130- BLADEN- 455 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY... AT 455 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR AMMON...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELIZABETHTOWN...ROWAN...LAGOON...AMMON...LISBON...RUSKIN...WHITE OAK...WHITE LAKE AND BLADEN COUNTY HOSPITAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. LAT...LON 3474 7872 3483 7852 3448 7824 3448 7863 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 331DEG 38KT 3473 7858 SHK
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:05 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 705 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 SCZ032-033-039-055-180000- INLAND GEORGETOWN-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- 705 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL MARION...SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGETOWN AND NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES... AT 704 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER POSTON...OR 19 MILES EAST OF LAKE CITY...WITH THE MOVEMENT BASICALLY STATIONARY. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE CITY...JOHNSONVILLE...HEMINGWAY...KINGSBURG...POSTON... OUTLAND...NEW HOPE...FRIENDFIELD...CADES...HANNAH...SCRANTON...COWARD AND LAKE CITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3403 7978 3384 7926 3369 7925 3380 7986 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 240DEG 49KT 3386 7942 SHK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:33 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 16 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry, Marion | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 55 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.