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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 7, 2016Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 7, 2016, 4:41 AM EDT for Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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 7, 2016, 4:41 AM EDT (08:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 7, 3:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 3:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
319 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-080730-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-
INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
319 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE PRE-DAWN HOURS
INLAND TO THE MIDDLE AND LATE MORNING NEAR THE COAST...AHEAD OF AN
ENERGETIC COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. PRIMARY THREAT STRAIGHT-LINE WIND
DAMAGE.

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

FREEZE WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE
AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-254-256-080730-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT
20 NM-
319 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.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.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LIKELY SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 4:41 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
441 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

SCZ023-032-070915-
FLORENCE-DARLINGTON-
441 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FLORENCE
AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 441 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF BISHOPVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
SUMTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...HARTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...TIMMONSVILLE...LAMAR...QUINBY...
SARDIS...NEW HOPE...EFFINGHAM...KELLYTOWN...CARTERSVILLE...FLORENCE
DARLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE MAIN CAMPUS...DOVESVILLE...NORTH
HARTSVILLE...MONT CLARE...DARLINGTON RACEWAY...FLOYD...LYDIA...CLYDE AND
AUBURN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 141.
 INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 168.

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 3444 8014 3450 7981 3449 7981 3449 7979
      3450 7978 3402 7970 3400 7990 3403 7997
      3408 8003 3409 8008 3416 8016 3420 8011
      3423 8011 3428 8013 3433 8018 3436 8018
      3437 8019 3434 8021 3433 8024 3437 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0841Z 256DEG 41KT 3425 8037 3403 8039

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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 6, 9:24 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	77 min
Apr 7, 6:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	48 min
Apr 7, 6:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	47 min
Apr 7, 7:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	30 min
Apr 7, 7:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		35 min
Apr 7, 7:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Pender	41 min
Apr 7, 7:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	64 min
Apr 7, 7:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		55 min
Apr 7, 8:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		83 min
Apr 7, 8:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	33 min
Apr 7, 8:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	47 min
Apr 7, 6:54 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	5 hr
Apr 7, 5:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence, Williamsburg	60 min
Apr 7, 6:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion, Williamsburg	36 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016 Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.