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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Dec 24, 2020, 3:03 PM EST for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- Dec 24, 2020, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2020, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 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 Dec 24, 2:33 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 2:33 PM EST, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 229 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 AMZ250-252-254-256-251930- 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- 229 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 518 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. A small craft advisory will likely be required Friday morning through Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ105>110-251930- Inland Pender-Coastal Pender-Inland New Hanover-Coastal New Hanover- Inland Brunswick-Coastal Brunswick- 229 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST FRIDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 518 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. SCZ054-056-251930- Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 229 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 ...TORNADO WATCH 518 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. NCZ087-096-099-SCZ024-032-033-039-055-058-059-251930- Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Dillon-Florence-Marion-Williamsburg- Inland Georgetown-Central Horry-Northern Horry- 229 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 ...TORNADO WATCH 518 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. SCZ017-023-251930- Marlboro-Darlington- 229 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Strong to isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and early evening. Some of these storms may produce damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. dch
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 24, 11:48 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Dec 24, 8:06 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 19 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 57 min |
| Dec 24, 12:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 27 min |
| Dec 24, 12:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 12:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 63 min |
| Dec 24, 1:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 2:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 37 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 35 min |
| Dec 24, 2:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 35 min |
| Dec 24, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 3:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 3:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 29 min | |
| Dec 24, 4:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 44 min |
| Dec 24, 4:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 58 min |
| Dec 24, 4:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 61 min | |
| Dec 24, 5:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 5:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 63 min | |
| Dec 24, 6:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 45 min |
| Dec 24, 3:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 27 min |
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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.