Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 1:21 AM EDT for Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 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, 1:21 AM EDT (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
063
WFUS52 KILM 080521
TORILM
SCC051-067-080545-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0012.161008T0521Z-161008T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
121 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 121 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER FORESTBROOK...OR OVER SOCASTEE...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO...QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DONGOLA AROUND 130 AM EDT.
PEE DEE CROSSROADS AROUND 135 AM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3372 7925 3373 7929 3375 7929 3376 7930
3389 7925 3373 7889 3368 7894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 112DEG 53KT 3373 7899
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
III2 follow-up statements
115
WWUS52 KILM 080524
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
124 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
SCC051-067-080545-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161008T0545Z/
HORRY SC-MARION SC-
124 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HORRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES...
AT 124 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER RED HILL...MOVING WEST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DONGOLA AROUND 135 AM EDT.
PEE DEE CROSSROADS AROUND 140 AM EDT.
#
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3372 7925 3373 7929 3375 7929 3376 7930
3389 7925 3375 7893 3369 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 110DEG 45KT 3375 7904
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
III362
WWUS52 KILM 080532
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
132 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
SCC051-067-080545-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161008T0545Z/
HORRY SC-MARION SC-
132 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HORRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES...
AT 131 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DONGOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST 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...
PEE DEE CROSSROADS AROUND 140 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 3376 7930 3389 7925 3379 7902 3373 7908
3374 7929 3375 7929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 114DEG 46KT 3379 7914
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
IIIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 16 min |
| 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, 1:47 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.