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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2020, 6:17 AM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 6, 2020, 6:17 AM EDT (10:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2020, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1047 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 3:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 310 AM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020 AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033- 039-055-058-059-070715- 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-Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Inland New Hanover- Inland Brunswick-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion- Williamsburg-Inland Georgetown-Central Horry-Northern Horry- 310 AM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters, southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-070715- Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 310 AM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Moderate Risk of Rip Currents. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There will be an enhanced potential for rip currents at the beaches Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:17 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 3:07 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 12 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 65 min |
| Aug 6, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 67 min |
| Aug 6, 12:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 64 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2020Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.