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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 14, 2022Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2022, 11:21 AM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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: Jun 14, 2022, 11:21 AM EDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2022, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Columbus County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 2064 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 14, 10:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 10:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 5:10 AM EDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:21 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1121 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2022

NCZ099-109-SCZ059-141545-
Inland Brunswick NC-Columbus NC-Northern Horry SC-
1121 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Brunswick, central Columbus and northeastern Horry Counties through
1145 AM EDT...

At 1120 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Whiteville, moving southeast at 40 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...
Whiteville, Tabor City, Bethel, Lake Waccamaw, Makatoka, Freeland,
Hallsboro, Cherry Grove, Nakina, Redbug, Old Dock, Mollie, Exum,
Bughill, Sidney, Clarendon, Williams, Pireway, Dulah and Ash.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3411 7840 3396 7867 3396 7869 3424 7899
      3440 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 327DEG 23KT 3429 7873

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

SHK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 2:07 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	15 hr
Jun 14, 2:11 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	11 hr
Jun 14, 11:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	26 min
Jun 14, 12:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	25 min
Jun 14, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	33 min
Jun 14, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	30 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.