Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2017, 3:31 PM EDT for Darlington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 12 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 24, 2017, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2017, 3:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Darlington County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
442
WFUS52 KILM 241931
TORILM
SCC031-242000-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0011.170524T1931Z-170524T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
331 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Darlington County in northeastern South Carolina...
* Until 400 PM EDT
* At 330 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Oates, or 9 miles southwest of Darlington, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Hartsville, Darlington, Lamar, Dovesville, Mont Clare, Auburn,
Darlington Raceway, Florence Darlington Technical College Main
Campus, Mechanicsville, Oates, Floyd, North Hartsville, Society
Hill and Mcleod Medical Center.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 20 between mile markers 125 and 139.
Interstate 95 IN South Carolina near mile marker 146.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3449 8003 3450 7999 3449 7996 3449 7989
3453 7984 3449 7981 3449 7979 3452 7976
3449 7973 3446 7975 3444 7975 3442 7972
3439 7972 3441 7970 3440 7968 3437 7967
3436 7969 3433 7967 3413 8000 3418 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 208DEG 30KT 3423 8000
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JDW1 follow-up statement
724
WWUS52 KILM 241943
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
343 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
SCC031-241952-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170524T2000Z/
Darlington SC-
343 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DARLINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3449 8003 3450 7999 3449 7996 3449 7989
3453 7984 3449 7981 3449 7979 3452 7976
3449 7973 3446 7975 3444 7975 3442 7972
3439 7972 3441 7970 3440 7968 3437 7967
3436 7969 3433 7967 3413 8000 3418 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 208DEG 30KT 3433 7994
$$
JDWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 58 min | |
| May 24, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 61 min |
| May 24, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro | 66 min |
| May 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 89 min | |
| May 24, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 39 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.