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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 6, 2026Darlington County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2026, 10:49 PM EDT for Darlington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 6, 2026, 10:49 PM EDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2026, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Darlington County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 3441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 6, 8:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 8:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
457 PM EDT Mon Jul 06 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     St. Pauls               34.81N  78.97W
07/06/2026                   Robeson            NC   Trained Spotter

            Tree downed near Shaon Rd

&&

Event Number ILM2600243

MAS

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:02 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
502 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026

NCZ087-096-062145-
Robeson NC-Bladen NC-
502 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL ROBESON AND BLADEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

At 501 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Ammon, or 11 miles north of Elizabethtown, moving
northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Elizabethtown, Bladenboro, Bladen Community College, Duart,
Tolarsville, Abbottsburg, Ammon, Lagoon, Tobermory, Ruskin, White
Oak, Jerome, Clarkton, White Lake, Dublin, Tar Heel, and Bladen
County Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3484 7849 3481 7845 3477 7843 3475 7839
      3473 7839 3472 7838 3470 7837 3469 7835
      3467 7832 3465 7832 3464 7831 3463 7832
      3460 7830 3458 7827 3446 7880 3484 7891
      3485 7880 3485 7852 3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 240DEG 11KT 3479 7861

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

ABW

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:07 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
507 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026

SCZ055-062145-
Inland Georgetown SC-
507 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY
THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

At 507 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lambert, or 15 miles west of Georgetown, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Andrews, Sampit, and Lambert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3324 7946 3323 7947 3324 7947 3324 7948
      3325 7948 3324 7949 3325 7955 3327 7955
      3326 7956 3327 7956 3328 7961 3329 7962
      3330 7968 3334 7968 3337 7963 3343 7959
      3347 7955 3337 7935 3321 7945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 223DEG 7KT 3330 7955

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

SCALORA

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
543 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026

SCZ039-055-062230-
Williamsburg SC-Inland Georgetown SC-
543 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN GEORGETOWN AND
SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

At 543 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Lambert, or 14 miles west of Georgetown, moving
northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Andrews, Sampit, Lambert, Graves, Salters, Trio, Earle, Gourdin, and
Lane.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3324 7946 3324 7948 3325 7948 3324 7949
      3325 7955 3327 7955 3326 7956 3327 7956
      3330 7966 3332 7971 3332 7974 3338 7979
      3337 7980 3339 7984 3343 7988 3344 7987
      3349 7995 3365 7983 3339 7934 3321 7945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 206DEG 5KT 3332 7954

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

SCALORA

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:40 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 8:02 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Jul 7, 1:25 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	15 hr
Jul 7, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	14 min
Jul 7, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		38 min
Jul 7, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	29 min
Jul 7, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	24 min
Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		53 min
Jul 7, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	29 min
Jul 6, 10:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington	35 min
Jul 7, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	35 min
Jul 7, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	37 min
Jul 7, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	27 min
Jul 7, 4:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	99 min
Jul 7, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion	27 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.