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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 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. 27
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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
JDWSpecial 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
7The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 10:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 59 min |
| May 5, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 50 min |
| May 5, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 23 min |
| May 5, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 65 min |
| May 5, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 82 min |
| May 5, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:50 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 7 hr |
| May 5, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 69 min |
| May 5, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 48 min |
| May 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 91 min | |
| May 5, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 66 min |
| May 5, 9:13 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 50 hr |
| May 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg | 93 min |
| May 5, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry, Marion | 87 min |
| May 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg | 91 min |
| May 5, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 74 min |
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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.