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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 25, 2016Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 25, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 215 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 2016-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 Jun 25, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:37 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
250 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016

SCZ032-251930-
FLORENCE SC-
250 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL FLORENCE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM
EDT...

AT 250 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER EFFINGHAM...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF FLORENCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...PAMPLICO...NEW HOPE...EFFINGHAM...EVERGREEN...HYMAN...
FRIENDFIELD...SCRANTON...COWARD...
HEALTH SOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL...
CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM - CEDAR
TOWER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
155 AND 156.

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 3421 7972 3397 7950 3388 7984 3389 7984
      3414 7990
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 333DEG 14KT 3407 7978

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
313 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016

NCZ096-099-252000-
COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC-
313 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN AND NORTHEASTERN
COLUMBUS COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 313 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ELKTON...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF WHITEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITEVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...CHADBOURN...BLADENBORO...
LAKE WACCAMAW...COUNCIL...REDBUG...SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE...
HALLSBORO...ABBOTTSBURG...ELKTON...LISBON...EMERSON...BRUNSWICK...
CLARKTON...BOLTON...
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND BLADEN COUNTY HOSPITAL.

THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 386 AND 413.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO MINOR FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3462 7881 3466 7858 3432 7833 3420 7882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 336DEG 9KT 3447 7865

JDW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen38 min
Jun 25, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen38 min
Jun 25, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM115 min
Jun 25, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus40 min
Jun 25, 4:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBladen118 min
Jun 25, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMFlorence40 min
Jun 25, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMFlorence51 min
Jun 25, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDillon, Florence, Marion45 min
Jun 25, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMFlorence, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg59 min
Jun 25, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Georgetown, Williamsburg42 min
Jun 25, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMGeorgetown, Williamsburg48 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.