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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
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.
- 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
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 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
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
JDWSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 115 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 4:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen | 118 min |
| Jun 25, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Georgetown, Williamsburg | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 48 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.