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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 20, 2016Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2016, 12:17 AM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 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: Jul 20, 2016, 12:17 AM EDT (04:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2016, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 720 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -6 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 Jul 19, 9:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 9:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:06 PM EDT, 8 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
406 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-202015-
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-
406 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MUCH
OF TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL COME FROM DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL LIKELY BE MET WITH HEAT INDICES
EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOONS INTO
EARLY EVENINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-254-256-202015-
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-
406 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MUCH
OF TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL COME FROM DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
815 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

NCZ087-096-200115-
BLADEN NC-ROBESON NC-
815 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN BLADEN AND NORTHEASTERN
ROBESON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

AT 815 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
TOBERMORY...OR 14 MILES EAST OF RED SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...ST. PAULS...BLADENBORO...SMITHS...
RUSKIN...WHITE OAK...HOWELLSVILLE...TOLARSVILLE...ABBOTTSBURG...
TOBERMORY...BUTTERS...ELKTON...CARVERS...LISBON...JEROME...REX...
DUART...BARKER TEN MILE AND BLADEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22
AND 37.

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.

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 3488 7892 3486 7893 3484 7890 3485 7883
      3485 7873 3441 7836 3455 7897 3488 7906
      3490 7894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 340DEG 36KT 3484 7893

SHK

Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:29 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 12:17 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	60 min
Jul 19, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		96 min
Jul 19, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	64 min
Jul 19, 9:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		55 min
Jul 19, 9:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	118 min
Jul 19, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	38 min
Jul 20, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	45 min
Jul 19, 10:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	2 hr
Jul 19, 10:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	41 min
Jul 19, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Marion	46 min
Jul 19, 11:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Williamsburg	116 min
Jul 20, 12:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	32 min
Jul 20, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington	41 min
Jul 20, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington	38 min
Jul 20, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington	34 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.