Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 3:36 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 12 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
- Sep 2, 2016, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 3:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
County Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 7:51 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
957
WFUS52 KILM 021936
TORILM
SCC051-022000-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0009.160902T1936Z-160902T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
336 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 336 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WAMPEE...OR NEAR NORTH MYRTLE BEACH
AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LONGS AND BROOKSVILLE AROUND 350 PM 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 3381 7880 3404 7877 3392 7862 3381 7874
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 204DEG 23KT 3386 7875
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75
$$
MBB1 follow-up statement
660
WWUS52 KILM 021948
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
348 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
SCC051-021957-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160902T2000Z/
HORRY SC-
348 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3381 7880 3404 7877 3392 7862 3381 7874
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 204DEG 23KT 3393 7871
$$
MBBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:09 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 45 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:40 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro | 22 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 35 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 48 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 35 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.