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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 7, 2022Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 7, 2022, 12:13 AM EDT for Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2022, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2022, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 1861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 4.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 6, 9:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 9:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 3:35 PM EDT, 8 hours 38 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 10:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 10:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 10:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 11:43 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:52 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:13 AM EDT, 0 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, 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, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry, Marion	44 min
Apr 7, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	32 min

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Sources

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