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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 25, 2023Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this beach hazards statement at May 25, 2023, 8:20 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 26, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2023, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
In effect from
May 26, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 26, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2023-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2023-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:20 PM EDTRip Current StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender24 hr
May 26, 3:19 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryILMNew Hanover, Pender47 hr

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.