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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 31, 2017Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2017, 5:20 AM EDT for Bladen County, North 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2017, 5:20 AM EDT (09:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2017, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Mar 31, 2:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
408 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-010815-
Robeson-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion-Williamsburg-
408 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

There is a marginal risk for severe weather this morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Severe weather is possible Monday into Monday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

AMZ250-252-254-256-010815-
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-
408 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for The adjacent Coastal Waters.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.

There is a slight risk for severe weather today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Small craft conditions are possible Monday and Tuesday of next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ096-099-105>110-SCZ053>056-010815-
Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender-Inland New Hanover-
Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick-Coastal Brunswick-Inland Horry-
Coastal Horry-Inland Georgetown-Coastal Georgetown-
408 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

There is a slight risk for severe weather this morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Severe weather is possible Monday into Monday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:31 AM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:55 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
455 AM EDT FRI MAR 31 2017

SCZ024-032-033-039-053-311000-
Inland Horry SC-Marion SC-Williamsburg SC-Florence SC-Dillon SC-
455 AM EDT FRI MAR 31 2017

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE...SOUTHEASTERN
DILLON...NORTHWESTERN HORRY...MARION AND NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSBURG
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM EDT...

At 454 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hemingway, or 17 miles southeast of Lake City, moving northeast at 35
mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Marion, Dillon, Mullins, Johnsonville, Lake View, Hemingway, Fork,
Zion, Gapway, Poston, Brittons Neck, Rains, Indiantown, Gresham,
Henry, Galivants Ferry, Hannah, Floydale, Smithboro and Kemper.

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 3450 7932 3425 7903 3374 7936 3371 7940
      3364 7942 3369 7967
TIME...MOT...LOC 0854Z 202DEG 31KT 3375 7949

RJD

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:20 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
520 AM EDT FRI MAR 31 2017

NCZ096-099-311015-
Columbus NC-Bladen NC-
520 AM EDT FRI MAR 31 2017

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR BLADEN AND NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS
COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM EDT...

At 519 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms over
Redbug and near Whiteville, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Whiteville, Elizabethtown, Lake Waccamaw, Carvers, Hallsboro, Lisbon,
Ammon, Redbug, Lagoon, Elkton, Emerson, Council, Ruskin, Brunswick,
Clarkton, White Lake, Columbus Regional Healthcare System and Bladen
County Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3483 7847 3477 7843 3475 7839 3473 7839
      3472 7838 3470 7837 3467 7832 3465 7832
      3464 7831 3463 7832 3461 7831 3457 7826
      3456 7826 3423 7851 3429 7874 3485 7866
      3485 7859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0919Z 216DEG 30KT 3428 7860

RJD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 1:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		57 min
Mar 31, 4:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		64 min
Mar 31, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	59 min
Mar 31, 4:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		28 min
Mar 31, 4:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion	65 min
Mar 31, 5:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	67 min
Mar 31, 6:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon, Marion	64 min
Mar 31, 8:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	66 min
Mar 31, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		37 min
Mar 31, 9:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		63 min
Mar 31, 10:58 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		62 min
Mar 31, 9:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	39 min
Mar 31, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	62 min

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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.