A pre-frontal squall line moved through the area during the early morning hours.
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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.
A pre-frontal squall line moved through the area during the early morning hours.
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 Apr 7, 2:14 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 319 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-080730- 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- 319 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE PRE-DAWN HOURS INLAND TO THE MIDDLE AND LATE MORNING NEAR THE COAST...AHEAD OF AN ENERGETIC COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. PRIMARY THREAT STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FREEZE WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-080730- COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 319 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LIKELY SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 8
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
441 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
SCZ023-032-070915-
FLORENCE-DARLINGTON-
441 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FLORENCE
AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 441 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF BISHOPVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
SUMTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...HARTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...TIMMONSVILLE...LAMAR...QUINBY...
SARDIS...NEW HOPE...EFFINGHAM...KELLYTOWN...CARTERSVILLE...FLORENCE
DARLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE MAIN CAMPUS...DOVESVILLE...NORTH
HARTSVILLE...MONT CLARE...DARLINGTON RACEWAY...FLOYD...LYDIA...CLYDE AND
AUBURN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 141.
INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 168.
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 3444 8014 3450 7981 3449 7981 3449 7979
3450 7978 3402 7970 3400 7990 3403 7997
3408 8003 3409 8008 3416 8016 3420 8011
3423 8011 3428 8013 3433 8018 3436 8018
3437 8019 3434 8021 3433 8024 3437 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0841Z 256DEG 41KT 3425 8037 3403 8039
MBBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
515 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
SCZ023-032-033-039-071015-
MARION-FLORENCE-WILLIAMSBURG-DARLINGTON-
515 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
FLORENCE...SOUTHEASTERN DARLINGTON...NORTHWESTERN MARION AND
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES...
AT 513 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING
THE AREA FROM THE WEST...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...MARION...LAKE CITY...KINGSTREE...TIMMONSVILLE...PAMPLICO...
LAMAR...QUINBY...SARDIS...HEBRON...NEW HOPE...BLUE BRICK...SALTERS...
EFFINGHAM...CARTERSVILLE...HANNAH...FLORENCE DARLINGTON TECHNICAL
COLLEGE MAIN CAMPUS...EVERGREEN...INDIANTOWN AND FRIENDFIELD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 141.
INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR MILE MARKER 146...AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 148 AND 167.
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 3428 8004 3425 7956 3424 7955 3425 7954
3424 7938 3350 7957 3351 8010 3372 7998
3377 8000 3382 7991 3388 7988 3388 7994
3394 7997 3398 7990 3400 7990 3413 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 258DEG 53KT 3399 7998
MBBThe Columbia radar (KCAE), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were reportedly down on Patty Road. The time of event was estimated based on radar data.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, April 2016
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: 632443.