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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 8, 2016Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 12:29 AM EDT for Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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 8, 2016, 12:29 AM EDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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°0°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.

269 
WFUS52 KILM 080429
TORILM
SCC043-089-080500-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0011.161008T0429Z-161008T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1229 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
    
* AT 1229 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER JACKSON...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAWLEYS
  ISLAND...MOVING WEST AT 50 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 1240 AM EDT. 
  RHEMS AROUND 1245 AM EDT. 
  WARSAW AROUND 1255 AM 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 3353 7913 3346 7916 3349 7959 3364 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 099DEG 45KT 3350 7921 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

III
3 follow-up statements
348 
WWUS52 KILM 080439
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1239 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

SCC043-089-080500-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161008T0500Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-WILLIAMSBURG SC-
1239 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
GEORGETOWN AND EAST CENTRAL WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES...
    
AT 1239 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER OATLAND...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING
WEST AT 55 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...
  WARSAW AROUND 1250 AM 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 3355 7919 3351 7921 3349 7959 3364 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 097DEG 50KT 3353 7936 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

III
275 
WWUS52 KILM 080447
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1247 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

SCC043-089-080500-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161008T0500Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-WILLIAMSBURG SC-
1247 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
GEORGETOWN AND EAST CENTRAL WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES...
    
AT 1247 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RHEMS...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF
GEORGETOWN...MOVING WEST AT 50 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 1255 AM 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 3358 7928 3355 7928 3351 7958 3364 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 104DEG 44KT 3358 7935 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

III
730 
WWUS52 KILM 080459
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1259 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

SCC043-089-080509-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161008T0500Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-WILLIAMSBURG SC-
1259 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GEORGETOWN AND EAST CENTRAL
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 100 AM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3358 7928 3355 7928 3351 7958 3364 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 099DEG 45KT 3361 7949 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 10:26 PM EDTTornado WarningILMGeorgetown16 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.