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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 7, 2017Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2017, 8:22 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 7, 2017, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2017, 8:47 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Columbus County, NC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTabor City, NCA TREE FELL ONTO A POWER LINE AND WAS REPORTEDLY ON FIRE ON FLOYD ST. THE TIME WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR DATA.
Jul 7, 8:51 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Chadbourn, NC

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2017-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2017-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

446 
WUUS52 KILM 080022
SVRILM
NCC047-SCC051-080100-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0052.170708T0022Z-170708T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
822 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina...
  North central Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...

* Until 900 PM EDT

* At 821 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cherry Grove,
  or 12 miles west of Whiteville, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Whiteville, Tabor City, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Boardman, Cherry
  Grove, Sidney, Southeastern Community College, Clarendon, Williams,
  Evergreen, Green Sea, Brunswick, Cerro Gordo and Columbus Regional
  Healthcare System.

This includes US Route 74 between mile markers 375 and 393.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3422 7858 3407 7908 3434 7903 3435 7902
      3435 7901 3436 7900 3438 7901 3439 7899
      3439 7897 3443 7897 3445 7894 3446 7891
      3446 7875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 251DEG 32KT 3428 7891 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TRA
3 follow-up statements
639 
WWUS52 KILM 080034
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
834 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

NCC047-SCC051-080100-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170708T0100Z/
Columbus NC-Horry SC-
834 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS AND NORTH CENTRAL HORRY COUNTIES...

At 833 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chadbourn, 
moving northeast at 30 mph. A second severe thunderstorm was located 
2 miles east of Tabor City, also moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Whiteville, Tabor City, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Boardman, Cherry
Grove, Sidney, Southeastern Community College, Clarendon, Williams,
Evergreen, Green Sea, Brunswick, Cerro Gordo and Columbus Regional
Healthcare System.

This includes US Route 74 between mile markers 375 and 393.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3422 7858 3407 7908 3434 7903 3435 7902
      3435 7901 3436 7900 3438 7901 3439 7899
      3439 7897 3443 7897 3445 7894 3446 7891
      3446 7875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 240DEG 25KT 3434 7880 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TRA
255 
WWUS52 KILM 080041
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
841 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

SCC051-080050-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170708T0100Z/
Horry SC-
841 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area, and the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3413 7887 3432 7890 3446 7875 3422 7858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 250DEG 31KT 3416 7883 

$$

NCC047-080100-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170708T0100Z/
Columbus NC-
841 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY...

At 840 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sidney, or 13 
miles southwest of Whiteville, moving east at 35 mph. A second 
severe thunderstorm was located about 5 miles northwest of 
Whiteville, also moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Whiteville, Tabor City, Chadbourn, Williams, Sidney, Southeastern
Community College, Clarendon, Brunswick and Columbus Regional
Healthcare System.

This includes US Route 74 between mile markers 383 and 393.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3413 7887 3432 7890 3446 7875 3422 7858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 250DEG 31KT 3416 7883 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TRA
524 
WWUS52 KILM 080047
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
847 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

NCC047-080057-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170708T0100Z/
Columbus NC-
847 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Wilmington.

LAT...LON 3413 7887 3432 7890 3446 7875 3422 7858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 251DEG 32KT 3418 7876 

$$

TRA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus17 min
Jul 7, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus26 min
Jul 7, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus37 min
Jul 8, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus45 min
Jul 8, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Columbus14 min
Jul 8, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson67 min
Jul 8, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson60 min
Jul 8, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus25 min
Jul 7, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry15 min
Jul 7, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg23 min
Jul 7, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMFlorence32 min
Jul 7, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry33 min
Jul 7, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMHorry26 min
Jul 8, 1:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM38 min
Jul 8, 2:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM20 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.