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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 6, 2022Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2022, 6:25 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2022, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2022, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 12:00Z on 2022-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 258 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2022-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 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 6, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 3:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
335 PM EDT Wed Apr 6 2022

AMZ250-252-254-256-071945-
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-
335 PM EDT Wed Apr 6 2022

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY NIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

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 Thursday into Thursday
night, then again on Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ087-096-099-105>110-071945-
Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender-
Inland New Hanover-Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick-
Coastal Brunswick-
335 PM EDT Wed Apr 6 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a marginal risk for severe weather this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056-058-059-071945-
Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion-Williamsburg-
Coastal Horry-Inland Georgetown-Coastal Georgetown-Central Horry-
Northern Horry-
335 PM EDT Wed Apr 6 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms late this afternoon
into this evening. Damaging wind gusts and large hail are the
primary
threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus31 min
Apr 5, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM70 min
Apr 5, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMRobeson31 min
Apr 5, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen, Columbus26 min
Apr 5, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM54 min
Apr 5, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM60 min
Apr 5, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM59 min
Apr 5, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender40 min
Apr 5, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick30 min
Apr 5, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick, New Hanover31 min
Apr 5, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender29 min
Apr 5, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM85 min
Apr 5, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM29 min
Apr 6, 2:55 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryILM33 hr
Apr 5, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Marlboro and 1 more24 min
Apr 5, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMGeorgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg30 min
Apr 5, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatILMGeorgetown27 min
Apr 5, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMGeorgetown14 min
Apr 5, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry31 min
Apr 6, 11:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMDarlington, Florence72 hr
Apr 6, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg49 min
Apr 6, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg40 min
Apr 6, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg40 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.