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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC

January 13, 2020Florence County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 2020, 3:36 PM EST for Florence County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
Jan 13, 2020, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2020, 4:15 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Florence County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jan 12, 6:42 PM EST, 20 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:42 PM EST, 20 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 10:52 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson12 hr
Jan 13, 6:21 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMRobeson9 days
Jan 13, 3:16 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBladen, Columbus, Robeson52 min
Jan 13, 12:23 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry52 min
Jan 13, 3:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILMFlorence44 min
Jan 13, 4:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarion48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.