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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 9, 2017Dillon County, Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Feb 9, 2017, 5:14 AM EST for Dillon County, Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 76 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: Feb 9, 2017, 5:14 AM EST (10:14 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 2017, 6:30 AM EST
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Feb 9, 3:31 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 3:31 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 3:58 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 9, 3:21 AM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
321 AM EST THU FEB 9 2017

NCZ096-099-105-090845-
Columbus NC-Inland Pender NC-Bladen NC-
321 AM EST THU FEB 9 2017

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 321 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Elkton, or 10 miles northeast of Whiteville, moving east at 60 mph.

Half inch hail and winds of 30 to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Rowan, Carvers, Point Caswell, Long Creek, Lisbon, Lagoon, Elkton,
Rooks, Malpass Corner, Montague, Emerson, Council, Kelly, Currie,
Wards Corner, The Borough, Clarkton and Atkinson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3444 7801 3434 7866 3449 7872 3465 7832
      3461 7831 3456 7825 3455 7825 3468 7816
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 252DEG 53KT 3445 7859

III

Special weather statement, Feb 9, 5:14 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 9, 2:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro	29 min
Feb 9, 5:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	60 min
Feb 9, 6:30 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		90 min
Feb 9, 6:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	62 min
Feb 9, 6:46 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		59 min
Feb 9, 3:26 PM EST	Low Water Advisory	ILM		5 hr
Feb 9, 3:21 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	24 min
Feb 9, 5:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	64 min
Feb 9, 6:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.