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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 29, 2017Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2017, 9:35 PM EDT for Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2017, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2017, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 292 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2017-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 172 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2017-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 29, 7:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 7:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:37 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
337 PM EDT Mon May 29 2017

NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-301945-
Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender-
Inland New Hanover-Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick-
Coastal Brunswick-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion-
Williamsburg-Inland Horry-Coastal Horry-Inland Georgetown-
Coastal Georgetown-
337 PM EDT Mon May 29 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and
northeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

AMZ250-252-254-256-301945-
Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Little River Inlet to Murrells Inlet SC out
20 nm-
Coastal waters from Murrells Inlet to South Santee River SC out
20 nm-
337 PM EDT Mon May 29 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for The adjacent Coastal Waters.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Small craft exercise conditions are possible late Friday into the
weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Williamsburg66 min
May 29, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg61 min
May 29, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg32 min
May 29, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry46 min
May 29, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM94 min
May 29, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry34 min
May 30, 3:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM57 min
May 30, 3:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry24 min
May 29, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson57 min
May 29, 11:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen59 min
May 29, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender63 min
May 30, 1:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus33 min
May 30, 3:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover43 min
May 30, 3:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover14 min
May 30, 3:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus37 min
May 30, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover26 min
May 30, 4:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender44 min
May 30, 4:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.