Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2019, 4:23 AM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2019, 4:23 AM EDT (08:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 4:50 AM EDT | TORNADO | Little River, SC | TORNADO OBSERVED NEAR HIGHWAY 9 AND CAROLINA BAYS PARKWAY. MULTIPLE POWER FLASHES, AMOUNT OF ANY DAMAGE IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 4:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
067
WFUS52 KILM 050823
TORILM
SCC051-050900-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0013.190905T0823Z-190905T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
423 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...
* Until 500 AM EDT.
* At 422 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Little River Entrance, moving northwest at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Little River around 435 AM EDT.
North Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach Airport, Brooksville and
Barefoot Landing Area Of North Myrtle Beach around 440 AM EDT.
Longs and Wampee around 445 AM EDT.
Hand around 450 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Briarcliffe Acres, Atlantic Beach and Sea Coast Medical Center.
This includes the following highways...
SC Highway 31 between mile markers 15 and 24.
SC Highway 22 between mile markers 25 and 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3380 7884 3401 7873 3385 7854 3385 7858
3382 7867 3380 7871 3378 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 114DEG 39KT 3380 7846
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
MCK1 follow-up statement
460
WWUS52 KILM 050846
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
446 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
SCC051-050900-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190905T0900Z/
Horry SC-
446 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY...
At 446 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Wampee, or near North Myrtle Beach, moving west at
35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Hand around 455 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Briarcliffe Acres, Atlantic Beach and Sea Coast Medical Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3380 7884 3401 7873 3390 7861 3380 7871
3378 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0846Z 106DEG 32KT 3389 7872
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
MCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 66 min |
| Sep 5, 4:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 4:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 20 min |
| Sep 5, 5:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 5:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 5:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 5:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 6:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Horry | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 12 min |
| Sep 5, 6:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 7:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon, Horry, Marion | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 7:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 8:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 8:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 114 min |
| Sep 5, 9:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 9:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Dillon, Horry, Marion | 21 days |
| Sep 5, 9:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 5 days |
| Sep 5, 9:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 10:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Horry | 114 min |
| Sep 5, 2:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 9 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:57 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 9 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:57 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.