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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 7, 2016Georgetown County, South Carolina

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2016-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 248 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2016-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 306 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

III
2 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

$$

III
388 
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 

$$

III

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 12:29 AM EDTTornado WarningILMGeorgetown, Williamsburg31 min
Oct 8, 12:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMGeorgetown, Williamsburg4 hr
Oct 8, 1:21 AM EDTTornado WarningILMHorry, Marion24 min
Oct 8, 1:47 AM EDTTornado WarningILMFlorence, Marion28 min
Oct 8, 2:04 AM EDTTornado WarningILMFlorence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg26 min
Oct 8, 3:33 AM EDTTornado WarningILMHorry, Marion27 min
Oct 8, 4:42 AM EDTRip Current StatementILMGeorgetown, Horry12 hr
Oct 8, 5:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMDillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg8 hr
Oct 8, 10:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more6 hr
Oct 8, 12:29 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyILMHorry3 hr
Oct 8, 4:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMDillon, Horry, Marion, Marlboro4 hr
Oct 8, 4:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMDarlington, Florence, Georgetown, Williamsburg4 hr
Oct 8, 5:10 PM EDTRip Current StatementILMGeorgetown, Horry27 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.