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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 2024, 1:55 PM EST for Columbus County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
- Jan 9, 2024, 1:55 PM EST (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2024, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Columbus County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 Jan 8, 4:54 PM EST, 21 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 4:54 PM EST, 21 hours 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 21 days |
| Jan 9, 12:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 15 min |
| Jan 9, 1:58 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 62 min | |
| Jan 9, 2:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 41 min |
| Jan 9, 2:52 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 38 min | |
| Jan 9, 2:55 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 65 min | |
| Jan 9, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 47 min |
| Jan 9, 3:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 60 min | |
| Jan 9, 3:11 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 8 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 56 min |
| Jan 9, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 49 min |
| Jan 9, 3:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 16 min |
| Jan 9, 4:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 89 min | |
| Jan 9, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 30 min |
| Jan 9, 4:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 24 min |
| Jan 9, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 16 min |
| Jan 9, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 40 min |
| Jan 9, 4:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 61 min |
| Jan 9, 5:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 12 min |
| Jan 9, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 5:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 64 min | |
| Jan 9, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 13 min |
| Jan 9, 5:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 15 min |
| Jan 9, 5:45 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 45 min | |
| Jan 9, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 60 min |
| Jan 9, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 31 min |
| Jan 9, 6:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 18 min |
| Jan 9, 6:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 22 min |
| Jan 9, 6:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 60 min | |
| Jan 9, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 77 min |
| Jan 9, 10:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 15 days |
| Jan 9, 2:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 3:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.