Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 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
- Sep 2, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Crystal Oaks, SC | REPORT OF DAMAGE TO ROADWAY INFRONT OF BIG DAVES TACKLE. |
| Sep 2, 3:45 PM EDT | FLOOD | 1 Nnw Eagle Crest, SC | STANDING WATER REPORTED IN THE SHALLOW CREEK BAY COMMUNITY COVERING SIDEWALKS AND PORTIONS OF YARDS. |
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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
142
WGUS52 KILM 021815
FFWILM
SCC043-051-022015-
/O.NEW.KILM.FF.W.0002.160902T1815Z-160902T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
215 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 215 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MYRTLE BEACH...CONWAY...SURFSIDE BEACH...RED HILL...
SPRINGMAID PIER...SOCASTEE...GARDEN CITY...MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT...
MURRELLS INLET...HORRY...HICKORY GROVE...HOMEWOOD...DONGOLA...
BUCKSPORT...BUCKSVILLE...NIXONVILLE...GORETOWN...
PEE DEE CROSSROADS...ADRIAN AND FORESTBROOK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
SC HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 11.
SC HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 7921 3370 7924 3370 7920 3372 7919
3376 7924 3382 7926 3383 7925 3384 7926
3389 7926 3390 7928 3396 7929 3403 7881
3372 7885 3363 7894 3352 7904
$$
MBBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:09 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 45 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:40 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro | 22 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 35 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 48 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 35 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 12 min |
| Sep 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.