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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2022, 8:34 AM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2022, 8:34 AM EDT (12:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2022, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:55 AM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Se Socastee, SC | FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED NEAR SCIPIO LANE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
641
WFUS52 KILM 191234
TORILM
SCC051-191300-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0009.220819T1234Z-220819T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
834 AM EDT Fri Aug 19 2022
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...
* Until 900 AM EDT.
* At 834 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Socastee, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Springmaid Pier and Socastee around 855 AM EDT.
Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach Airport, Red Hill and Forestbrook
around 900 AM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3365 7908 3377 7899 3370 7887 3358 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 217DEG 8KT 3365 7900
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
VAO2 follow-up statements
754
WWUS52 KILM 191246
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
846 AM EDT Fri Aug 19 2022
SCC051-191300-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220819T1300Z/
Horry SC-
846 AM EDT Fri Aug 19 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY...
At 846 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Socastee, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Myrtle Beach Airport around 855 AM EDT.
Forestbrook around 910 AM EDT.
Myrtle Beach around 915 AM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3367 7904 3377 7899 3370 7887 3362 7897
TIME...MOT...LOC 1246Z 217DEG 8KT 3367 7898
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
VAO326
WWUS52 KILM 191258
SVSILM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
858 AM EDT Fri Aug 19 2022
SCC051-191308-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220819T1300Z/
Horry SC-
858 AM EDT Fri Aug 19 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 AM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3367 7904 3377 7899 3370 7887 3362 7897
TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 217DEG 8KT 3369 7897
$$
VAOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 9:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 18 min |
| Aug 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 85 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.