Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2016, 4:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2016, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dillon County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 4:07 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 14.36 | Marion, SC | RECORDED AT RAWS SITE MRWS1. |
| Oct 8, 5:21 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Enterprise Landing, SC | REPORT OF FLOODING ON BOYNE DRIVE IN THE CAMERON VILLAGE COMMUNITY. |
| Oct 8, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Myrtle Beach, SC | NUMEROUS ROAD IMPASSABLE AND BARRICADED ACROSS HORRY COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
532
WGUS52 KILM 082002
FFWILM
SCC033-051-067-069-090000-
/O.NEW.KILM.FF.W.0017.161008T2002Z-161009T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
402 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARLBORO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 358 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN PERSISTING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES HAS
FALLEN TODAY...AND WHILE RAINFALL IS BEGINNING TO WANE...AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD ROADWAY FLOODING
IS OCCURRING...WITH MANY ROADS WASHED OUT OR IMPASSABLE.
RECENTLY...HORRY COUNTY STATED THAT ROADS WERE TOO DANGEROUS EVEN
FOR FIRST RESPONDERS...SO YOU SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING AT ALL TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MYRTLE BEACH...CONWAY...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...BENNETTSVILLE...
MARION...DILLON...MULLINS...SURFSIDE BEACH...RED HILL...SOCASTEE...
GARDEN CITY...HORRY...LORIS AND MCCOLL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 198.
SC HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 24.
SC HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. THE WATER DEPTH WILL BE HARD TO DETERMINE...AND
WASHED OUT OR DAMAGED ROADS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. AVOID
FLOODED AREAS OR ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED. KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE
FROM THE BANKS OF SWIFTLY MOVING STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3481 7968 3385 7855 3377 7877 3357 7900
3357 7910 3365 7912 3371 7920 3371 7927
3383 7932 3394 7948 3426 7956 3431 7966
3440 7968 3441 7972 3449 7972 3452 7976
3450 7977 3451 7983 3461 7978 3480 7993
$$
JDWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 16 min |
| Oct 8, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 31 min |
| Oct 8, 12:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 24 min |
| Oct 8, 1:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 28 min |
| Oct 8, 2:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 26 min |
| Oct 8, 3:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 27 min |
| Oct 8, 4:42 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 12 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 12:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Horry | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Florence, Georgetown, Williamsburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.