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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 19, 2021Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 4:58 PM EDT for Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 11 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
Jun 19, 2021, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 5:09 PM EDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

446 
WUUS52 KILM 192058
SVRILM
SCC051-067-192130-
/O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0031.210619T2058Z-210619T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
458 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...
  Eastern Marion County in northeastern South Carolina...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 458 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Galivants
  Ferry, or 12 miles south of Mullins, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Horry, Loris, Galivants Ferry, Bayboro, Allsbrook, Rains, Green
  Sea, Aynor and Loris Community Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3415 7889 3397 7883 3392 7929 3409 7935
      3421 7897
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 255DEG 25KT 3403 7924 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MBB
1 follow-up statement
521 
WWUS52 KILM 192109
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
509 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

SCC051-067-192119-
/O.CAN.KILM.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210619T2130Z/
Horry SC-Marion SC-
509 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HORRY AND EASTERN
MARION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3415 7889 3397 7883 3392 7929 3409 7935
      3421 7897
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 255DEG 25KT 3405 7914 

$$

MBB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:00 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementILMGeorgetown, Horry24 hr
Jun 19, 11:08 AM EDTTropical Storm WatchILMGeorgetown, Horry42 hr
Jun 19, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington27 min
Jun 19, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington36 min
Jun 19, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarion29 min
Jun 19, 7:59 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementILMGeorgetown, Horry24 hr

Nearby

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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.