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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2022, 8:46 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina; 6 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 17, 2022, 8:46 PM EDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2022, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
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 Jun 17, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 649 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022 NCZ087-096-099-105-106-108>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056- 058-059-182300- Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender- Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick-Coastal Brunswick-Marlboro- Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion-Williamsburg-Coastal Horry- Inland Georgetown-Coastal Georgetown-Central Horry-Northern Horry- 649 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 387 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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ107-182300- Inland New Hanover- 649 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 387 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM EDT SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North 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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Coastal Flood Advisory. Minor coastal flood threat late Friday night along the lower Cape Fear River from Wilmington southward. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. AMZ250-252-254-256-182300- 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- 649 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 387 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... 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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
540 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022
NCZ096-172215-
Bladen NC-
540 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Bladen
County through 615 PM EDT...
At 539 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bladen Community College, or 8 miles west of Elizabethtown, moving
southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Bladenboro, Bladen Community College, Abbottsburg and Dublin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3459 7861 3450 7875 3459 7884 3459 7883
3460 7884 3461 7883 3463 7883 3468 7875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 321DEG 10KT 3462 7876
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
III/LEWSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 6:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
616 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022
NCZ096-099-172245-
Columbus NC-Bladen NC-
616 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Bladen
and northern Columbus Counties through 645 PM EDT...
At 616 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Abbottsburg, or 7 miles southwest of Elizabethtown, moving southeast
at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Abbottsburg and Clarkton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3458 7879 3462 7870 3451 7853 3443 7873
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 324DEG 10KT 3453 7869
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
IIISpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 6:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
641 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022
NCZ096-099-172315-
Columbus NC-Bladen NC-
641 PM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Bladen
and north central Columbus Counties through 715 PM EDT...
At 640 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Elkton, or 10 miles north of Whiteville, moving
southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Whiteville, Bladenboro, Carvers, Abbottsburg, Lisbon, Elkton, Emerson
and Clarkton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
southeastern North Carolina.
&&
LAT...LON 3458 7881 3464 7869 3446 7840 3434 7870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 324DEG 10KT 3447 7864
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
IIILocal storm report, Jun 17, 8:42 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 15 min |
| Jun 17, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender, Robeson | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 114 min | |
| Jun 17, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 62 min | |
| Jun 17, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Horry, Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 35 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.