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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 3:33 AM EDT for Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 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, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
638
WFUS52 KILM 080733
TORILM
SCC051-067-080800-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0015.161008T0733Z-161008T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
333 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* AT 333 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAND...OR NEAR NORTH MYRTLE BEACH
AIRPORT...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...
HICKORY GROVE...HORRY GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE CONWAY CAMPUS
AND COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY AROUND 345 AM EDT.
CONWAY...HOMEWOOD...ADRIAN AND BAYBORO AROUND 350 AM EDT.
HORRY AROUND 355 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
AYNOR...BRIARCLIFFE ACRES...ATLANTIC BEACH...CONWAY MEDICAL CENTER...
GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND LIGHTHOUSE CARE CENTER OF
CONWAY.
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 3383 7933 3384 7934 3384 7937 3386 7938
3411 7918 3381 7869 3374 7881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0733Z 115DEG 49KT 3381 7882
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
III2 follow-up statements
431
WWUS52 KILM 080749
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
349 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
SCC051-067-080800-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-161008T0800Z/
HORRY SC-MARION SC-
349 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL HORRY AND CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES...
AT 348 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER HOMEWOOD...OR NEAR CONWAY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 55
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HORRY AROUND 400 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE AYNOR.
#
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3388 7936 3411 7918 3390 7891 3384 7897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 116DEG 46KT 3390 7901
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
III144
WWUS52 KILM 080754
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
354 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
SCC051-067-080803-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-161008T0800Z/
HORRY SC-MARION SC-
354 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HORRY AND CENTRAL MARION
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 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 3388 7936 3411 7918 3390 7891 3384 7897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0753Z 115DEG 49KT 3389 7899
$$
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, 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, 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.