Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2016, 3:20 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2016, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Bryans Crossroads, SC | LARGE TREE ON HIGHWAY 521 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
086
WFUS52 KILM 171920
TORILM
SCC043-089-171945-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0006.160617T1920Z-160617T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
320 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 320 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GOURDIN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTREE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
GOURDIN AROUND 325 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LANE.
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 3330 7966 3332 7970 3332 7974 3333 7975
3338 7979 3337 7980 3339 7984 3343 7988
3344 7987 3350 7996 3350 7999 3351 8000
3349 8000 3351 8001 3350 8002 3351 8003
3350 8004 3353 8006 3368 7975 3339 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 327DEG 25KT 3352 7993
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SHK1 follow-up statement
907
WWUS52 KILM 171941
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
341 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
SCC043-089-171950-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160617T1945Z/
GEORGETOWN SC-WILLIAMSBURG SC-
341 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGETOWN AND SOUTHWESTERN
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3330 7966 3332 7970 3332 7974 3333 7975
3338 7979 3337 7980 3339 7984 3343 7988
3344 7987 3350 7996 3350 7999 3351 8000
3349 8000 3351 8001 3350 8002 3351 8003
3350 8004 3353 8006 3368 7975 3339 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 327DEG 25KT 3352 7993
$$
SHKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 6:17 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.