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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2021, 1:27 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
- May 3, 2021, 1:27 PM EDT (17:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 May 3, 12:33 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 12:33 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 3, 12:53 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1253 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021
NCZ096-031745-
Bladen NC-
1253 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTY UNTIL 145
PM EDT...
At 1252 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bladen Community College, or 9 miles northwest of Elizabethtown,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Ruskin, Bladen Community College, Ammon, White Oak, Jerome, Dublin
and Tar Heel.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 7849 3483 7847 3481 7846 3481 7845
3479 7844 3476 7841 3456 7877 3462 7883
3465 7881 3466 7882 3467 7881 3469 7881
3472 7884 3475 7885 3485 7873 3485 7852
3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 230DEG 20KT 3468 7877
MBBSpecial weather statement, May 3, 1:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 127 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021 NCZ099-109-031800- Inland Brunswick NC-Columbus NC- 127 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL BRUNSWICK AND SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT... At 126 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Freeland, or 12 miles northwest of Shallotte, moving east at 25 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Makatoka, Freeland, Honey Island, Ash, Old Dock, Exum and Crusoe Island. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3404 7858 3416 7865 3431 7827 3406 7816 TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 251DEG 21KT 3410 7853 MBB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 52 min |
| May 3, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 49 min |
| May 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 31 min | |
| May 3, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 51 min |
| May 3, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 30 min | |
| May 3, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 28 min | |
| May 3, 7:59 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 24 hr |
| May 3, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 60 min |
| May 3, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 37 min |
| May 3, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 21 min |
| May 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 63 min |
| May 3, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 31 min |
| May 3, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 40 min |
| May 3, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 32 min |
| May 3, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 32 min |
| May 3, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 65 min |
| May 3, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 32 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.