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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 11, 20265 counties in South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2026, 2:57 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 11, 2026, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2026, 3:44 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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
Jul 11, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1324 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 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 11, 2:42 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:42 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:27 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:33 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:49 PM EDT, 8 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 10, 8:09 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Jul 10, 8:09 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick	8 hr
Jul 11, 2:32 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	16 hr
Jul 11, 2:14 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	6 hr
Jul 11, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	33 min
Jul 11, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	30 min
Jul 11, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	27 min
Jul 11, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		68 min
Jul 11, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	63 min
Jul 11, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	25 min
Jul 11, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		66 min
Jul 11, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		42 min
Jul 11, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		57 min
Jul 11, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	25 min
Jul 11, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	38 min
Jul 11, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		53 min
Jul 11, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		62 min
Jul 11, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	29 min
Jul 11, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	36 min
Jul 11, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	34 min
Jul 11, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence, Marion	42 min
Jul 11, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	26 min
Jul 11, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	23 min
Jul 11, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	35 min
Jul 11, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	23 min
Jul 11, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.