Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2015, 3:03 PM EDT for Darlington County, Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 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 18, 2015, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 18, 1:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:09 AM EDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 409 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-190815- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 409 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT 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. HEAT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK AND WEEKEND. HEAT ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN FORECAST HEAT INDEX VALUES CLIMB TO 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-190815- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 409 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT 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. HEAT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK AND WEEKEND. HEAT ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN FORECAST HEAT INDEX VALUES CLIMB TO 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-190815- 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- 409 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. DCH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:16 AM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1016 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNE PAMPLICO 34.06N 79.55W
06/17/2015 FLORENCE SC PUBLIC
TREE DOWN AT 1997 NORTH OLD RIVER ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1500148
43Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:41 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
241 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
NCZ105-181945-
INLAND PENDER-
241 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENDER
COUNTY...
AT 241 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER MALPASS
CORNER...OR 9 MILES WEST OF BURGAW...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURGAW...MONTAGUE...CURRIE...THE BOROUGH...MALPASS CORNER...MURRAY
TOWN...WARDS CORNER...ROCKY POINT...ROOKS...LONG CREEK...ASHTON...
POINT CASWELL...ST. HELENA...ATKINSON AND PENDER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 395 AND 412.
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 3438 7778 3438 7782 3439 7782 3438 7784
3440 7817 3459 7817 3464 7786
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 271DEG 18KT 3450 7808
SHKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:06 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 15 hr |
| 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, 3:49 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 |
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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.