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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2022, 8:29 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina; 6 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2022, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2022, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 5:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 5, 7:37 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:37 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 605 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022 AMZ250-252-254-256-062215- Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Little River Inlet to Murrells Inlet SC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Murrells Inlet to South Santee River SC out 20 nm- 605 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. Small Craft Advisory conditions are likely again Thursday and Thursday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ087-096-105-106-SCZ017-023-024-062215- Robeson-Bladen-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender-Marlboro-Darlington- Dillon- 605 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall in spots this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ099-107>110-SCZ032-033-039-054>056-058-059-062215- Columbus-Inland New Hanover-Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick- Coastal Brunswick-Florence-Marion-Williamsburg-Coastal Horry- Inland Georgetown-Coastal Georgetown-Central Horry-Northern Horry- 605 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022 ...TORNADO WATCH 99 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Isolated tornadoes possible this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 8
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
638 PM EDT TUE APR 05 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0549 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNW OATS 34.27N 80.10W
04/05/2022 DARLINGTON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF INDIAN
BRANCH ROAD AND WESLEY CHAPEL ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM2200121
DCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 70 min | |
| Apr 5, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 54 min | |
| Apr 5, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 60 min | |
| Apr 5, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| Apr 5, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 85 min | |
| Apr 5, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 29 min | |
| Apr 6, 2:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 33 hr | |
| Apr 5, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Marlboro and 1 more | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 14 min |
| Apr 5, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 11:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 72 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 49 min |
| Apr 6, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 40 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.