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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 26, 2021Marlboro County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2021, 12:05 PM EDT for Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 26, 2021, 12:05 PM EDT (16:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2021, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

County Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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What forecasters said that day

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 Mar 26, 11:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 11:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 5:27 AM EDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
527 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

AMZ250-252-254-256-270930-
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-
527 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters.

.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.

   Dense Fog Advisory.

Today...
SW winds 15 to 20 kt will see few gusts up to 25 kt.

Tonight...
Patchy to areas of dense sea fog likely to occur during this period.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Sun...
Small Craft Advisory conditions possible.

Thu...
Small Craft Advisory conditions possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-270930-
Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry-
Coastal Georgetown-
527 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and
northeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Through tonight...
Patchy sea fog, possibly dense, may partially move onshore at times.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Sunday...
Slight risk for strong to severe thunderstorms. Main severe
risks will be damaging wind gusts and large hail.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-055-058-059-
270930-
Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Inland New Hanover-
Inland Brunswick-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion-
Williamsburg-Inland Georgetown-Central Horry-Northern Horry-
527 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and
northeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Midday thru this evening...
Marginal risk for isolated strong to severe thunderstorms. Main
severe risks will be damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Sunday...
Slight risk for strong to severe thunderstorms. Main severe
risks will be damaging wind gusts and large hail.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 12:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1205 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

SCZ017-023-024-261630-
Marlboro SC-Dillon SC-Darlington SC-
1205 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN DILLON...NORTHEASTERN
DARLINGTON AND MARLBORO COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...

At 1205 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles south of Cheraw State Park, or 11 miles south of Cheraw, moving
east at 45 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bennettsville, Mccoll, Clio, Wallace, Chavistown, Dunbar, Minturn,
Society Hill, Gibson, Blenheim and Tatum.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Thunderstorms can pose a variety of threats including gusty winds,
small hail, cloud to ground lightning, and localized flooding. It is
recommended that you remain indoors until the storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3481 7968 3453 7934 3445 7988 3449 8001
      3450 7998 3449 7996 3449 7990 3450 7987
      3453 7983 3461 7981 3461 7978 3465 7980
      3468 7986 3474 7989 3477 7993 3481 7988
TIME...MOT...LOC 1605Z 247DEG 37KT 3453 7993

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 5:25 AM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryILM13 hr
Mar 26, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson47 min
Mar 26, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson20 min
Mar 26, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington40 min
Mar 26, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington, Dillon62 min
Mar 26, 1:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMDarlington, Marlboro54 min
Mar 26, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.