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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2025, 9:35 AM EST for Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina; Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 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
- Feb 16, 2025, 9:35 AM EST (14:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2025, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 8:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 54 min |
| Feb 16, 8:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 62 min |
| Feb 16, 10:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 76 min |
| Feb 16, 3:59 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 16 hr | |
| Feb 16, 9:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 64 min |
| Feb 16, 10:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 60 min |
| Feb 16, 11:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 29 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.