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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 5, 2022Georgetown County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2022, 8:46 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 14 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, 8:46 PM EDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2022, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Georgetown County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 270 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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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, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 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

DCH

The 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, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	31 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 Considerable damage threat	ILM	Georgetown	27 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.