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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 22, 2019Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2019, 7:15 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2019, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2019, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2019-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2019-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-376 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 2:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
225 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019

NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056-058-059-
231830-
Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender-
Inland New Hanover-Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick-
Coastal Brunswick-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion-
Williamsburg-Coastal Horry-Inland Georgetown-Coastal Georgetown-
Central Horry-Northern Horry-
225 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 424 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and
northeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

Severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon into the
evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

AMZ250-252-254-256-231830-
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-
225 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 424 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

Strong offshore thunderstorms are possible this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
550 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0538 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW WALLACE           34.75N  79.84W
06/22/2019                   MARLBORO           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SC LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT TREES IN ROADWAY NEAR
            WALLACE, SC. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1900109

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:52 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 5:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson60 min
Jun 22, 6:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen, Columbus62 min
Jun 22, 6:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM25 min
Jun 22, 6:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus33 min
Jun 22, 6:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM57 min
Jun 22, 7:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus26 min
Jun 22, 7:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM61 min
Jun 22, 7:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM65 min
Jun 22, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Robeson46 min
Jun 22, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus60 min
Jun 22, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM63 min
Jun 22, 4:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington, Florence63 min
Jun 22, 5:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Williamsburg44 min
Jun 22, 5:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg46 min
Jun 22, 6:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMGeorgetown18 min
Jun 22, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMMarlboro67 min
Jun 22, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Marion32 min
Jun 22, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMGeorgetown, Williamsburg84 min
Jun 22, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMGeorgetown59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.