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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2018, 4:17 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 8, 2018, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2018, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Robeson County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 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 Aug 8, 3:38 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:38 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
417 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018
NCZ087-SCZ024-082115-
Robeson NC-Dillon SC-
417 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
At 417 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Raemon, or 10 miles south of Laurinburg, moving east at 15 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Pembroke, Fairmont, Rowland, Raemon, South Of The Border, Purvis,
Elrod, Hamer, Mcdonald and Raynham.
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 3469 7905 3442 7912 3453 7950 3462 7945
3463 7946 3464 7946 3471 7939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 281DEG 12KT 3462 7944
MBBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 2:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 4:13 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 15 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 43 min |
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