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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 9:13 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
079
WWUS82 KILM 020113
SPSILM
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
913 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
NCZ108>110-020200-
Inland Brunswick NC-Coastal New Hanover NC-Coastal Brunswick NC-
913 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COAST and BALD HEAD
ISLAND UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...
At 913 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorm from near Long Beach to Bald Head Island, moving east
at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph, frequent lightning, and very heavy rain
will be possible with these storm. Some ponding of water is possible
in low-lying and poorly drained areas.
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.
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 3391 7795 3386 7796 3387 7801 3387 7802
3389 7802 3389 7803 3391 7812 3391 7830
3397 7831 3399 7791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 261DEG 28KT 3391 7823
$$
HAWKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 41 min | |
| Aug 1, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 34 min | |
| Aug 1, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 47 min | |
| Aug 1, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 23 min | |
| Aug 1, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 67 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 9:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 87 min |
| Aug 1, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 50 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.