Convection organized into a line just upstream and moved from west to east across the forecast area. Portions of the line occasionally bowed out.
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The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
Convection organized into a line just upstream and moved from west to east across the forecast area. Portions of the line occasionally bowed out. The thunderstorms moved into an environment where there was a great deal of dry air in the mid-levels. Downdraft CAPE values were high and soundings showed a pronounced inverted-V signature.
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 Jun 30, 5:11 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 556 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-012200- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 556 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 379 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-012200- 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- 556 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RJD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
604 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
SCZ017-023-032-302300-
FLORENCE-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-
604 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FLORENCE...MARLBORO AND
DARLINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 604 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROCKINGHAM TO NEAR CHERAW TO NEAR CLYDE TO 8
MILES EAST OF MULBERRY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE
WILL BE SHIFTING EASTWARD WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL BE MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...BENNETTSVILLE...HARTSVILLE...LAKE CITY...DARLINGTON...
TIMMONSVILLE...MCCOLL...JOHNSONVILLE...PAMPLICO...LAMAR...QUINBY...
CLIO...SARDIS...NEW HOPE...EFFINGHAM...HANNAH...FLORENCE DARLINGTON
TECHNICAL COLLEGE MAIN CAMPUS...BROWNSVILLE...WALLACE AND EVERGREEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 141.
INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR MILE MARKER 146...AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 148 AND 175.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3442 8019 3449 8005 3449 7988 3461 7978
3481 7993 3481 7989 3477 7964 3463 7947
3430 7963 3380 7942 3379 7943 3382 7973
3388 7994 3395 7997 3399 7989 3416 8016
3423 8011 3437 8019 3433 8022 3433 8023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 215DEG 66KT 3494 7985 3467 7992 3441 8022 3392
8018
RGZThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was reportedly down on Highway 177.
A tree was reported down at the intersection of Lawson Grove Road and Philadelphia Street.
A tree was reported down along Highway 403.
A large tree was reported down on Brickyard Road near Highway 9.
A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of Bethel Road and Indian Branch Road.
A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of Whit Street and Plum Street.
A tree was reported down at the intersection of Gilchrist Road and Smith Avenue. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down along Hickory Grove Road.
A tree was reportedly down on Georgetown Road.
A tree was reportedly down on Highway 38.
A tree was reportedly down near the intersection of Highway 521 and Steadfast Road.
A tree was reportedly down along Highway 341. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down along Highway 9.
A tree was reportedly down on Mt. Zion Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 2015
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: 591636, 591638, 591639, 591640, 591641, 591642, 591643, 591644, 591645, 591646, 591647, 591649, 591651, 591652.