Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2019, 8:12 AM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 5, 2019, 8:12 AM EDT (12:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2019, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
621
WFUS52 KILM 051212
TORILM
SCC051-051300-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0039.190905T1212Z-190905T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
812 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...
* Until 900 AM EDT.
* At 812 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Wampee, or over North Myrtle Beach Airport, moving
west at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Nixonville and Hammond around 825 AM EDT.
Hickory Grove, Horry Georgetown Technical College Conway Campus
and Coastal Carolina University around 835 AM EDT.
Conway, Homewood and Adrian around 840 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Briarcliffe Acres, Atlantic Beach, Sea Coast Medical Center,
Lighthouse Care Center Of Conway and Conway Medical Center.
This includes the following highways...
SC Highway 31 between mile markers 13 and 24.
SC Highway 22 between mile markers 6 and 26.
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 3400 7906 3387 7861 3384 7861 3380 7871
3377 7877 3377 7913
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 100DEG 35KT 3384 7875
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TRA3 follow-up statements
080
WWUS52 KILM 051220
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
820 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
SCC051-051300-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-190905T1300Z/
Horry SC-
820 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
HORRY COUNTY...
At 819 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Hand, or 5 miles west of the North Myrtle Beach
Airport, moving west at 40 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Nixonville around 825 AM EDT.
Hickory Grove and Horry Georgetown Technical College Conway Campus
around 835 AM EDT.
Homewood, Adrian and Coastal Carolina University around 840 AM
EDT.
Conway around 845 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Briarcliffe Acres, Conway Medical Center and Lighthouse Care Center
Of Conway.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3400 7906 3390 7876 3383 7872 3379 7874
3377 7880 3377 7913
TIME...MOT...LOC 1219Z 099DEG 34KT 3384 7880
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TRA809
WWUS52 KILM 051232
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
832 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
SCC051-051300-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-190905T1300Z/
Horry SC-
832 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
HORRY COUNTY...
At 832 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Hickory Grove, or just east of Conway, moving west
at 50 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Coastal Carolina University around 835 AM EDT.
Conway and Homewood around 840 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Conway
Medical Center and Lighthouse Care Center Of Conway.
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 3396 7907 3389 7888 3385 7887 3381 7888
3378 7894 3379 7912
TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 098DEG 44KT 3386 7895
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TRA077
WWUS52 KILM 051245
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
845 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
SCC051-051255-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-190905T1300Z/
Horry SC-
845 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for northeastern
South Carolina.
LAT...LON 3396 7907 3389 7888 3385 7887 3381 7888
3378 7894 3379 7912
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 100DEG 35KT 3388 7910
$$
TRAThe 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, 4:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 37 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, 8:21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.