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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2022, 4:00 PM EDT for Marlboro County, 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
- Aug 15, 2022, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2022, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 15, 3:05 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:05 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 306 PM EDT Mon Aug 15 2022 AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ096-099-105-106-108>110-SCZ039-054>056-058-059- 161915- 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-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender- Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick-Coastal Brunswick-Williamsburg- Coastal Horry-Inland Georgetown-Coastal Georgetown-Central Horry- Northern Horry- 306 PM EDT Mon Aug 15 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters, southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ107-161915- Inland New Hanover- 306 PM EDT Mon Aug 15 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM EDT TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Coastal Flood Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Minor coastal flooding possible during late Tuesday night's high tide along the banks of the lower Cape Fear River from Wilmington southward. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-161915- Robeson-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion- 306 PM EDT Mon Aug 15 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms from mid-afternoon thru this evening. The primary severe threats will come from damaging wind gusts, with a secondary threat coming from an isolated tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. 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, Aug 15, 3:55 PM EDT, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2:36 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 12 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 65 min |
| Aug 15, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 68 min |
| Aug 15, 7:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Marlboro | 107 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.