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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 7, 2022Georgetown County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2022, 3:46 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 7, 2022, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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
Apr 7, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 240 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 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 7, 3:26 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:26 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 3:21 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 2:54 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 3:04 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 3:19 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 3:29 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 3:34 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 8:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	46 min
Apr 6, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	25 min
Apr 6, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	47 min
Apr 6, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	32 min
Apr 6, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	34 min
Apr 6, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		67 min
Apr 6, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	46 min
Apr 6, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		28 min
Apr 6, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	62 min
Apr 6, 11:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		59 min
Apr 6, 11:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		64 min
Apr 6, 11:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	32 min
Apr 6, 11:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		34 min
Apr 7, 12:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		27 min
Apr 7, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		45 min
Apr 7, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		33 min
Apr 7, 1:16 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		29 min
Apr 7, 1:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		38 min
Apr 7, 2:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		30 min
Apr 7, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	41 min
Apr 7, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	40 min
Apr 7, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	38 min
Apr 7, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILM	Columbus	20 min
Apr 7, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	42 min
Apr 7, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		56 min
Apr 7, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Hoke	24 min
Apr 7, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	42 min
Apr 7, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	47 min
Apr 7, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	29 min
Apr 6, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	47 min
Apr 6, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	51 min
Apr 6, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	33 min
Apr 6, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	59 min
Apr 6, 10:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Williamsburg	3 hr
Apr 6, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	45 min
Apr 7, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	47 min
Apr 7, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	44 min
Apr 7, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	36 min
Apr 7, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	26 min
Apr 7, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	35 min
Apr 7, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	31 min
Apr 7, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion	26 min
Apr 7, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	32 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.