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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 6, 2017, 3:16 AM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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
- Apr 6, 2017, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2017, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 884 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Apr 6, 3:15 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:15 AM EDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 806 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 AMZ250-252-254-256-061100- 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- 806 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. Another wave of strong to severe thunderstorms is possible late tonight through daybreak Thursday morning. Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and even an isolated tornado could accompany these storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested! Please submit all reports of storm- related damage to the National Weather Service via phone, email, or social media. NCZ105>110-061100- Inland Pender-Coastal Pender-Inland New Hanover-Coastal New Hanover- Inland Brunswick-Coastal Brunswick- 806 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Another wave of strong to severe thunderstorms is possible late tonight through daybreak Thursday morning. Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and even an isolated tornado could accompany these storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested! Please submit all reports of storm- related damage to the National Weather Service via phone, email, or social media. NCZ087-096-099-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-061100- Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion- Williamsburg-Inland Horry-Coastal Horry-Inland Georgetown- Coastal Georgetown- 806 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms is possible late tonight through daybreak Thursday morning. Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and even an isolated tornado could accompany these storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested! Please submit all reports of storm- related damage to the National Weather Service via phone, email, or social media. 9
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
946 PM EDT WED APR 05 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SW KURE BEACH 33.96N 77.94W
04/05/2017 M56 MPH NEW HANOVER NC WXFLOW
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1700050
WEISSLocal storm report, Apr 5, 10:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 5, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| Apr 5, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Apr 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 33 min | |
| Apr 5, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Apr 5, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 94 min | |
| Apr 5, 10:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 3 days |
| Apr 5, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 48 min | |
| Apr 6, 3:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 58 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 68 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 62 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 31 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 64 min | |
| Apr 6, 5:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 94 min | |
| Apr 6, 6:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 95 min | |
| Apr 6, 6:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 32 min |
| Apr 6, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 113 min | |
| Apr 5, 10:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 36 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 7:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Scotland | 22 min |
| Apr 6, 7:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 25 min |
| Apr 6, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 22 min |
| Apr 6, 9:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 56 min |
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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.