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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT for Dillon County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 14, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Dillon County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 14, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
300 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017
SCZ017-024-033-142000-
Marion SC-Marlboro SC-Dillon SC-
300 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
At 300 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Brownsville, or 12 miles west of Dillon, moving southeast at 15 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Marion, Latta, Sellers, Bingham, Fork, Floydale, Blue Brick, Zion,
Smithboro, Brownsville, Oak Grove and Carolinas Hospital System -
Marion.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Thunderstorms can pose a variety of threats including gusty winds,
small hail, cloud to ground lightning, and localized flooding. It is
recommended that you remain indoors until the storm passes.
&&
LAT...LON 3427 7921 3407 7943 3420 7956 3421 7955
3423 7954 3426 7956 3429 7960 3430 7962
3430 7966 3432 7966 3433 7968 3436 7969
3448 7957
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 312DEG 11KT 3437 7958
MBBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 33 min |
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