Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 1:47 AM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 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, 1:47 AM EDT (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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, 5.8 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.
119
WFUS52 KILM 080547
TORILM
SCC041-067-080615-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0013.161008T0547Z-161008T0615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
147 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 215 AM EDT
* AT 147 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRITTONS NECK...OR 16 MILES WEST OF
CONWAY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 60 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...
HANNAH AROUND 200 AM EDT.
PAMPLICO AND HYMAN AROUND 205 AM EDT.
LAKE CITY AND FRIENDFIELD AROUND 210 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SCRANTON AND LAKE CITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
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 3411 7963 3385 7926 3383 7926 3380 7930
3381 7934 3381 7936 3382 7937 3382 7938
3381 7939 3387 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 113DEG 53KT 3385 7935
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
III3 follow-up statements
373
WWUS52 KILM 080554
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
154 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
SCC041-067-080615-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161008T0615Z/
FLORENCE SC-MARION SC-
154 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE AND WEST CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES...
AT 153 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER POSTON...OR 18 MILES EAST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HANNAH AROUND 200 AM EDT.
PAMPLICO AND HYMAN AROUND 205 AM EDT.
LAKE CITY AND FRIENDFIELD AROUND 210 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SCRANTON AND LAKE CITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
#
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3411 7963 3388 7934 3383 7939 3387 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 113DEG 51KT 3388 7944
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
III133
WWUS52 KILM 080602
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
202 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
SCC067-080611-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161008T0615Z/
MARION SC-
202 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3406 7966 3389 7944 3385 7948 3387 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 109DEG 44KT 3390 7953
$$
SCC041-080615-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161008T0615Z/
FLORENCE SC-
202 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE COUNTY...
AT 201 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HANNAH...OR 13 MILES EAST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING WEST
AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PAMPLICO AROUND 205 AM EDT.
HYMAN AROUND 210 AM EDT.
LAKE CITY AND FRIENDFIELD AROUND 215 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SCRANTON AND LAKE CITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
#
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3406 7966 3389 7944 3385 7948 3387 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 109DEG 44KT 3390 7953
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
III564
WWUS52 KILM 080612
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
212 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
SCC041-080622-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161008T0615Z/
FLORENCE SC-
212 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 215 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 3406 7966 3389 7944 3385 7948 3387 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 113DEG 53KT 3396 7970
$$
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, 1:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 24 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.