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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 9, 2015Brunswick County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 9, 2015, 9:04 AM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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: Apr 9, 2015, 9:04 AM EDT (13:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Brunswick County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Apr 9, 8:14 AM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 8:14 AM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 4:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
420 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015

NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-100830-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
INLAND BRUNSWICK-
420 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE 25 TO 45
MPH WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-100830-
MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-
INLAND GEORGETOWN-
420 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-100830-
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
420 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-100830-
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
420 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ254-256-100830-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
420 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DOUGH

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:26 AM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:54 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:04 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 6:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	43 min
Apr 9, 6:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	56 min
Apr 9, 7:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	63 min
Apr 9, 7:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	23 min
Apr 9, 8:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	64 min
Apr 9, 8:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	51 min
Apr 9, 9:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	45 min
Apr 9, 10:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	48 min
Apr 9, 11:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick	61 min
Apr 9, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	29 min
Apr 9, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	61 min
Apr 9, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	64 min
Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Williamsburg	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.