Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2016, 10:26 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 16 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
- Oct 7, 2016, 10:26 PM EDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2016, 10:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Georgetown County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted.
000
WFUS52 KILM 080226
TORILM
SCC043-080300-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0010.161008T0226Z-161008T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1026 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1026 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER JACKSON...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAWLEYS
ISLAND...MOVING WEST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.
TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OATLAND AROUND 1040 PM EDT.
RHEMS AROUND 1045 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3343 7946 3356 7945 3357 7943 3359 7944
3361 7944 3354 7911 3347 7912
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 092DEG 37KT 3351 7921
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
III2 follow-up statements
922
WWUS52 KILM 080235
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1035 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
SCC043-080300-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161008T0300Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-
1035 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
GEORGETOWN COUNTY...
AT 1035 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER OATLAND...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING
WEST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RHEMS AROUND 1045 PM EDT.
#
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3343 7946 3356 7945 3357 7943 3359 7944
3361 7944 3357 7926 3347 7930
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 092DEG 38KT 3352 7934
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
III388
WWUS52 KILM 080242
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1042 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
SCC043-080251-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161008T0300Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-
1042 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GEORGETOWN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3343 7946 3356 7945 3357 7943 3359 7944
3361 7944 3357 7926 3347 7930
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 092DEG 37KT 3352 7943
$$
IIIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 31 min |
| Oct 8, 12:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 24 min |
| Oct 8, 1:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 28 min |
| Oct 8, 2:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 26 min |
| Oct 8, 3:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 27 min |
| Oct 8, 4:42 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 12 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 12:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Horry | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Dillon, Horry, Marion, Marlboro | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Florence, Georgetown, Williamsburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 27 hr |
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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.