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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2021, 8:52 PM EDT for Darlington 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
- Aug 19, 2021, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Darlington County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
920
WWUS82 KILM 200052
SPSILM
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
852 PM EDT Thu Aug 19 2021
SCZ017-023-200145-
Marlboro SC-Darlington SC-
852 PM EDT Thu Aug 19 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Darlington and
southwestern Marlboro Counties through 945 PM EDT...
At 852 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Auburn, or near Hartsville, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Hartsville, Darlington, North Hartsville, Dovesville, Mont Clare,
Lydia, Darlington Raceway, Auburn, Swift Creek, Clyde,
Mechanicsville, Oats, Floyd, Kellytown, Florence Darlington Technical
College Main Campus, Society Hill and Carolina Pines Regional Medical
Center.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 20 between mile markers 126 and 133.
Interstate 95 IN South Carolina mile marker 146 and near mile marker
167.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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 3449 8005 3450 7998 3449 7996 3449 7989
3453 7983 3456 7982 3458 7971 3430 7965
3430 7967 3429 7968 3430 7973 3425 7976
3425 7981 3422 7985 3419 8011 3423 8011
3433 8018 3436 8018 3433 8024 3437 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 266DEG 8KT 3439 8001
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 3:46 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 25 hr | |
| Aug 20, 3:53 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 19 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 23 min |
| Aug 20, 2:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 75 min |
| Aug 20, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 27 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.