A strong thunderstorm produced heavy rain north of Hartsville.
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A strong thunderstorm produced heavy rain north of Hartsville.
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 23, 6:07 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 557 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-242200- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 557 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED PONDING INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ110-242200- COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 557 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED PONDING INTO THIS EVENING. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-242200- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 557 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED PONDING INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-242200- 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- 557 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RJD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 553 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 SCZ032-033-039-053-055-232245- FLORENCE-INLAND GEORGETOWN-INLAND HORRY-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- 553 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST JUST OVER THE JUNCTION BETWEEN GEORGETOWN...HORRY...WILLIAMSBURG...FLORENCE AND MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 553 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN POSTON...JOHNSONVILLE AND HEMINGWAY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF CONWAY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH TOWARD CONWAY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND LOW SPOTS ALONG THE ROADWAYS. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DONGOLA...HEMINGWAY...JOHNSONVILLE... KINGSBURG...OUTLAND...PEE DEE CROSSROADS AND POSTON. HAZARDS INCLUDE... 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 3389 7915 3365 7919 3375 7956 3389 7949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 292DEG 8KT 3381 7936 ZOUZIAS
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
705 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013
SCZ032-033-039-053>056-240000-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-COASTAL HORRY-FLORENCE-INLAND GEORGETOWN-INLAND
HORRY-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-
705 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGETOWN...HORRY...
WILLIAMSBURG...FLORENCE AND MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 705 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM FRIENDFIELD TO INDIANTOWN TO WARSAW TO LAMBERT...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. A PORTION OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA FROM JOHNSONVILLE TOWARD CONWAY PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1
TO 2 INCHES OR RAIN OVER AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO 2.5
INCHES THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE MORE LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY NEAR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND LOW SPOTS
ALONG THE ROADWAYS.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GARDEN CITY...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS
INLET...ANDREWS...BRITTON NECK...BUCKSPORT...BUCKSVILLE...BURGESS...
DONGOLA...EARLE...FRIENDFIELD AND GALIVANTS FERRY.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3311 7928 3314 7928 3315 7935 3323 7946
3328 7962 3400 7973 3408 7919 3358 7899
3347 7909 3341 7913 3325 7918 3320 7917
3317 7919 3311 7927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 263DEG 20KT 3393 7960 3377 7953
3356 7953 3339 7956
ZOUZIASThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Road closure at the 900 Block of N Marquis Hwy in Hartsville due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 2013
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 450452.