Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2021, 5:25 AM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 22 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
- Jul 8, 2021, 5:25 AM EDT (09:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 5:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:01 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
619
WFUS52 KILM 080925
TORILM
SCC043-051-081000-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0008.210708T0925Z-210708T1000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
525 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Georgetown County in northeastern South Carolina...
South central Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...
* Until 600 AM EDT.
* At 525 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near DeBordieu Colony, moving north at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Litchfield Beach around 535 AM EDT.
Murrells Inlet, Garden City and Burgess around 545 AM EDT.
Surfside Beach around 550 AM EDT.
Socastee around 555 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Waccamaw Community Hospital.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3327 7924 3364 7919 3368 7895 3361 7897
3354 7902 3349 7908 3340 7914 3326 7918
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 192DEG 43KT 3337 7911
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
III2 follow-up statements
805
WWUS52 KILM 080935
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
535 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
SCC043-051-081000-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210708T1000Z/
Georgetown SC-Horry SC-
535 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GEORGETOWN AND SOUTH CENTRAL HORRY COUNTIES...
At 534 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Pawleys Island, moving north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Murrells Inlet around 550 AM EDT.
Surfside Beach, Garden City, Burgess and Yauhannah around 555 AM
EDT.
Socastee around 605 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Waccamaw Community Hospital.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3344 7920 3364 7919 3368 7895 3361 7897
3354 7902 3349 7908 3340 7914 3338 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0934Z 187DEG 34KT 3343 7913
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
III509
WWUS52 KILM 080947
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
547 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
SCC043-051-080957-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210708T1000Z/
Georgetown SC-Horry SC-
547 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGETOWN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
HORRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EDT for northeastern
South Carolina.
LAT...LON 3344 7920 3364 7919 3368 7895 3361 7897
3354 7902 3349 7908 3340 7914 3338 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 192DEG 43KT 3359 7909
$$
IIIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 6:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 6:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 8:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 33 hr |
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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.