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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 21, 20225 counties in South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2022, 2:15 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 45 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: May 21, 2022, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2022, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 20, 7:30 PM EDT, 18 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 7:30 PM EDT, 18 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:21 PM EDT, 22 hours 54 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
May 21, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	57 min
May 21, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence, Marion	50 min
May 21, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	46 min
May 21, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Marion, Marlboro	38 min
May 21, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington	46 min
May 21, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion, Williamsburg	37 min
May 21, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	58 min
May 21, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Clarendon	29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.