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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 20, 2015Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2015, 12:27 AM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 20, 2015, 12:27 AM EDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2015, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

County Columbus County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2015-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2351 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2015-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 Jun 19, 10:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 10:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 7:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
731 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-202345-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
731 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND AND INTO PORTIONS OF
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-202345-
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-
731 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...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.

SCATTERED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND AND INTO PORTIONS OF
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SCZ056-202345-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
731 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND AND INTO PORTIONS OF
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-254-256-202345-
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-
731 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFF THE MAINLAND ARE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:27 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson58 min
Jun 19, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMRobeson44 min
Jun 19, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender67 min
Jun 19, 10:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender55 min
Jun 19, 11:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM29 min
Jun 19, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM83 min
Jun 19, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick57 min
Jun 19, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM53 min
Jun 20, 1:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM97 min
Jun 20, 1:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick63 min
Jun 20, 2:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM92 min
Jun 20, 2:53 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILMBrunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender28 hr
Jun 19, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarion55 min
Jun 19, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg68 min
Jun 20, 12:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg66 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.