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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2021, 10:22 PM EDT for Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 29, 2021, 10:22 PM EDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2021, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 957 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
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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 May 29, 8:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 8:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 7:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 740 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021 NCZ087-096-099-300015- Robeson NC-Columbus NC-Bladen NC- 740 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EAST CENTRAL ROBESON...SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN AND NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT... At 740 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Butters, or 11 miles southeast of Lumberton, moving east at 20 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Bladenboro, Boardman, Bladen Community College, Abbottsburg, Butters, Elkton, Emerson, Evergreen, Clarkton and Dublin. 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 3440 7891 3453 7901 3470 7868 3445 7856 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 249DEG 18KT 3450 7888 21
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 823 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021 NCZ096-099-300115- Columbus NC-Bladen NC- 823 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN AND NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT... At 823 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Whiteville, moving east at 20 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Whiteville, Chadbourn, Abbottsburg, Lisbon, Lagoon, Elkton, Emerson, Council, Southeastern Community College, Clarkton, White Lake and Columbus Regional Healthcare System. 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 3432 7884 3455 7872 3468 7837 3433 7845 TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 254DEG 18KT 3442 7870 21
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
824 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021
NCZ096-300115-
Bladen NC-
824 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY UNTIL
915 PM EDT...
At 824 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
White Oak, or 9 miles north of Elizabethtown, moving east at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Ruskin, Ammon and White Oak.
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 3484 7849 3483 7847 3481 7846 3481 7845
3477 7843 3475 7839 3473 7839 3472 7838
3470 7837 3469 7836 3465 7868 3483 7872
3485 7866 3485 7852 3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 254DEG 18KT 3476 7864
21Special weather statement, May 29, 9:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 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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| May 29, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 52 min |
| May 29, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 51 min |
| May 29, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 31 min |
| May 29, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 61 min |
| May 30, 12:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 36 min | |
| May 30, 3:34 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 11 hr |
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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.