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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 19, 2019Marlboro County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2019, 3:33 PM EDT for Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. 4 reports 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: Apr 19, 2019, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 3:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Blenheim, SC	LARGE TREE DOWN ALONG FIRETOWER RD.
Apr 19, 3:42 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Mccoll, SC	PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN MCCOLL. TIME OF EVENT IS RADAR ESTIMATED.
Apr 19, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Clio, SC	LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR HEBRON CHURCH RD.
Apr 19, 3:49 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mccoll, SC	MEDIA REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN IN THE MCCOLL AREA.

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
Apr 19, 1:17 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

268 
WFUS52 KILM 191933
TORILM
SCC069-192000-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0008.190419T1933Z-190419T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
333 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Marlboro County in northeastern South Carolina...

* Until 400 PM EDT.
    
* At 333 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Dunbar, or near Bennettsville, moving north at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Bennettsville and Mccoll around 345 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Tatum
and Blenheim.

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 3462 7945 3444 7955 3450 7974 3481 7968
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 188DEG 40KT 3453 7965 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SCALORA

1 follow-up statement

379 
WWUS52 KILM 191944
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
344 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

SCC069-192000-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-190419T2000Z/
Marlboro SC-
344 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARLBORO COUNTY...
    
At 344 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bennettsville, moving north at 45 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Marlboro County, including the following locations...
Tatum.

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 3462 7945 3444 7955 3455 7970 3481 7968
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 188DEG 40KT 3466 7963 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SCALORA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 4:06 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	15 hr
Apr 19, 9:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	67 min
Apr 19, 10:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	5 days
Apr 19, 1:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Horry	33 min
Apr 19, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington	43 min
Apr 19, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	43 min
Apr 19, 2:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	31 min
Apr 19, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	51 min
Apr 19, 2:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Florence	31 min
Apr 19, 3:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Marion	26 min
Apr 19, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	15 min
Apr 19, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Marion	51 min
Apr 19, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	49 min
Apr 19, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Horry	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.