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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2017, 6:47 PM EDT for New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- May 4, 2017, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County New Hanover County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 May 4, 3:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 3:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 529 PM EDT Thu May 4 2017 NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-052130- Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Inland New Hanover- Inland Brunswick-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion- Williamsburg-Inland Horry-Inland Georgetown- 529 PM EDT Thu May 4 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight thru Midday Friday. There is a marginal risk of strong to severe thunderstorm activity tonight, starting from late this evening along and west of the I-95 corridor, translating eastward to the coast after midnight thru mid-morning daytime Fri. The main severe weather potential will come in the form of damaging wind gusts or an isolated tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Midday Friday through Wednesday. Southwest winds may gust up to 40 mph during Friday, remaining just below wind advisory criteria. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. AMZ250-252-254-256-052130- 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- 529 PM EDT Thu May 4 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for The adjacent Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight thru Midday Friday. There is a marginal risk of strong to severe thunderstorm activity tonight, mainly during the pre-dawn Friday hours thru daytime mid- morning Friday. The main severe weather potential will come in the form of damaging wind gusts or an isolated waterspout. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Midday Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. A Small Craft Advisory will follow the current Gale Warning through Saturday evening. ...SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-052130- Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 529 PM EDT Thu May 4 2017 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight thru Midday Friday. There is a marginal risk of strong to severe thunderstorm activity tonight, mainly during the pre-dawn Friday hours thru daytime mid- morning Friday. The main severe weather potential will come in the form of damaging wind gusts or an isolated tornado. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Moderate Risk of Rip Currents. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Midday Friday through Wednesday. Southwest winds may gust up to 40 mph during Friday, remaining just below wind advisory criteria. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Moderate Risk of Rip Currents. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. SCZ056-052130- Coastal Georgetown- 529 PM EDT Thu May 4 2017 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight thru Mid-morning Friday. There is a marginal risk of strong to severe thunderstorm activity tonight, mainly during the pre-dawn Friday hours thru daytime early morning Friday. The main severe weather potential will come in the form of damaging wind gusts or an isolated tornado. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Moderate Risk of Rip Currents. There is a marginal risk of severe weather tonight into early Friday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Midday Friday through Wednesday. Southwest winds may gust up to 30 to 40 mph during Friday, remaining just below wind advisory criteria. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. dough
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 4, 6:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
647 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017
NCZ107>110-042330-
Inland New Hanover NC-Inland Brunswick NC-Coastal New Hanover NC-
Coastal Brunswick NC-
647 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
At 646 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm just west
of Carolina Beach near the Cape Fear River, moving north at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. A funnel
cloud is also possible.
Locations impacted include...
Wilmington, Leland, Belville, and Silver Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Thunderstorms can pose a variety of threats. It is recommended that
you remain indoors until the storm passes.
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LAT...LON 3415 7783 3408 7787 3407 7787 3402 7790
3403 7798 3428 7805 3428 7778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 182DEG 17KT 3405 7794
SRPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:10 PM EDT | Gale Warning | ILM | 29 hr |
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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.