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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 1, 2021Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 10:10 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2097 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2097 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

576 
WWUS82 KILM 020210
SPSILM

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1010 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
SCZ039-054>056-058-020300-
Coastal Georgetown SC-Williamsburg SC-Coastal Horry SC-
Inland Georgetown SC-Central Horry SC-
1010 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR GEORGETOWN...SOUTH CENTRAL HORRY AND
CENTRAL WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

At 1006 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong 
thunderstorms near Eadytown to just south of Nesmith. The line was 
moving to the east southeast with the individual thunderstorms 
moving to the east at 30 mph. 

Winds in excess of 40 mph, very heavy rain, and frequent lightning 
will be possible with this storm.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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 3314 7928 3315 7935 3325 7948 3324 7949
      3332 7974 3350 7996 3350 8010 3357 8006
      3372 7942 3368 7889 3346 7910 3329 7917
      3320 7917 3312 7927
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 269DEG 38KT 3345 8010 

$$

HAWKINS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM41 min
Aug 1, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus28 min
Aug 1, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick47 min
Aug 1, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM57 min
Aug 1, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM34 min
Aug 1, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM47 min
Aug 1, 10:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM23 min
Aug 1, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM67 min
Aug 2, 3:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover58 min
Aug 1, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg53 min
Aug 1, 9:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMGeorgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg87 min

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.