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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT for Darlington County, Florence County, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 10, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2026, 4:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC, Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 27 min | |
| Aug 10, 1:43 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 30 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 84 min | |
| Aug 10, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 47 min | |
| Aug 10, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 36 min | |
| Aug 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 6:32 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Horry, Marion | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 30 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.