Slow moving thunderstorms produced flooding in the city of Georgetown.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced flooding in the city of Georgetown.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 16, 7:01 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 323 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 NCZ087-096-099-105>109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-171930- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 323 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-171930- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 323 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY...WHICH MAY BRING LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES...AS WELL AS CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ110-171930- COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 323 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
522 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0824 PM HAIL 3 NNE QUINBY 34.28N 79.70W
05/15/2012 E1.00 INCH FLORENCE SC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG NORTH WILLISTON ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1200112
SRPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
538 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
SCZ055-056-162245-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
538 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGETOWN COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM EDT...
AT 538 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTH SANTEE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GEORGETOWN...GRAVES...JACKSON...
LITCHFIELD BEACH...NORTH SANTEE...PLANTERSVILLE AND PAWLEY'S ISLAND.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
&&
LAT...LON 3323 7946 3323 7949 3329 7955 3359 7923
3347 7909 3341 7913 3334 7915 3334 7917
3332 7916 3330 7920 3329 7927 3331 7928
3328 7928 3326 7925 3317 7939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 225DEG 11KT 3329 7940
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Road blocks were set up on Fraser Street and Highmarket Street due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 2012
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 383056.