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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 5, 2016Darlington County, Florence County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2016, 3:09 PM EDT for Darlington County, Florence County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 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
May 5, 2016, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2016-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2016-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 5, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 4:42 AM EDT, 10 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
442 AM EDT THU MAY 5 2016

NCZ087-096-099-105-106-108>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-
060845-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-
COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-
DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-
COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
442 AM EDT THU MAY 5 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-254-256-060845-
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-
442 AM EDT THU MAY 5 2016

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FROM 1 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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 SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ107-060845-
INLAND NEW HANOVER-
442 AM EDT THU MAY 5 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER CAPE
FEAR RIVER TO INCLUDE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON THIS EVENING.

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

MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER CAPE
FEAR RIVER TO INCLUDE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON DURING THE EVENING HIGH
TIDE INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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Special weather statement, May 5, 2:27 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
227 PM EDT THU MAY 5 2016

SCZ023-032-033-039-053>056-052000-
MARION-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-FLORENCE-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND
GEORGETOWN-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND HORRY-DARLINGTON-
227 PM EDT THU MAY 5 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FLORENCE...
GEORGETOWN...SOUTHWESTERN HORRY...DARLINGTON...MARION AND
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES...

AT 225 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE IN ANY OF
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...MYRTLE BEACH...CONWAY...GEORGETOWN...HARTSVILLE...MARION...LAKE
CITY...DARLINGTON...DEBORDIEU COLONY...SURFSIDE BEACH...KINGSTREE...
PAWLEYS ISLAND...SPRINGMAID PIER...SOCASTEE...MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT...RED
HILL...MURRELLS INLET...GARDEN CITY...HORRY AND ANDREWS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 141.
 INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR MILE MARKER 146...AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 148 AND 174.
 SC HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 12.
 SC HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.

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 3332 7974 3350 7996 3350 8010 3372 7998
      3377 8000 3388 7988 3394 7997 3399 7989
      3415 8015 3423 8011 3436 8018 3437 8028
      3449 8005 3450 7977 3430 7966 3424 7955
      3428 7948 3375 7881 3346 7910 3312 7925
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 294DEG 21KT 3379 7978

JDW
Special weather statement, May 5, 3:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
309 PM EDT THU MAY 5 2016

SCZ023-032-039-052000-
FLORENCE-WILLIAMSBURG-DARLINGTON-
309 PM EDT THU MAY 5 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FLORENCE...DARLINGTON AND
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES...

AT 304 PM EDT...A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEAS SIZE HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WERE ALONG A LINE FROM QUINBY THROUGH EFFINGHAM
TO CADES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...HARTSVILLE...LAKE CITY...DARLINGTON...KINGSTREE...ANDREWS...
TIMMONSVILLE...JOHNSONVILLE...PAMPLICO...LAMAR...QUINBY...HEMINGWAY...
KINGSBURG...WARSAW...GOURDIN...SARDIS...HEBRON...EARLE...NEW HOPE AND
HENRY.

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 3453 7983 3449 7981 3449 7973 3446 7975
      3440 7972 3424 7955 3418 7957 3413 7952
      3399 7952 3378 7932 3331 7968 3350 7996
      3350 8010 3388 7988 3394 7997 3399 7989
      3415 8015 3423 8011 3436 8018 3437 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 293DEG 24KT 3401 7963

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 10:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender59 min
May 5, 11:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender50 min
May 5, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender23 min
May 5, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender65 min
May 5, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender82 min
May 5, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover45 min
May 5, 3:50 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover7 hr
May 5, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick69 min
May 5, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick, New Hanover48 min
May 5, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM91 min
May 5, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick, Columbus66 min
May 5, 9:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMFlorence, Marion50 hr
May 5, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington, Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg93 min
May 5, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry, Marion87 min
May 5, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMFlorence, Williamsburg52 min
May 5, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington, Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg91 min
May 5, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more74 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016Every 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.