A weak cold front moved north to south across the area. The air mass became moderately unstable across northeast South Carolina which helped to spark scattered thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
A weak cold front moved north to south across the area. The air mass became moderately unstable across northeast South Carolina which helped to spark scattered thunderstorms. One cluster of thunderstorms did produce wind damage.
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 25, 2:42 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 342 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Dry air will be ushered into the area overnight and lead to a rain free Sunday. Humidity and rain chances will creep up through the week while temperatures remain fairly seasonable. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... As of 335 PM Saturday...W to E oriented convection dropping south much different than yesterday's eastward progression, which will reduce but not completely eliminate the localized flooding threat. The orientation lines up well with an 850 mb front residing just above the 5KFt onshore easterly flow in wake of the SFC front. The storms will sink south through afternoon and early evening into SC and offshore as the h8 front slips south. The main threat will be a 5 percent chance of straight-line wind damage. Diurnal cooling and placement of this feature will bring a reduction in storm coverage and intensity tonight. Isolated convection remains possible overnight though, due to low-level convergence caused by a secondary push of low-level NE wind. This mini-surge in turn will help usher slightly lower absolute humidity into the area and dewpoints into the upper 60s into early Sunday. Minimum temps daybreak Sunday 68-74 degrees from SE NC to NE SC respectively. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... As of 335 PM Saturday...A drying trend will bring pop reduction below mentionable thresholds Sunday with a more comfortable feel. An approaching cold front will bring a slight chance of showers or a storm into our inland zones late Monday night. Slightly below temperatures Sunday will rise to slightly above normal Monday in the developing warm sector. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 300 PM Saturday...A cold front dropping across the area late Tuesday will bring a good chance for showers and thunderstorms, and it is this front that will create cooler and potentially unsettled weather through the extended. As this front sinks slowly to the SE late Tuesday and on Wednesday, it will stall likely just offshore as troughing across the eastern CONUS restrengthens periodically due to shortwaves rotating beneath it. These shortwaves will continually pull the front back to the west while at the same time serving as forcing for aftn convection. Showers and thunderstorms will be most prevalent Tue/Wed as the front moves across, but lowered heights aloft combined with seasonable temps and humidity will provide enough instability to drive diurnal type convection each day. The GFS is more robust moving the front far enough offshore that it will have limited impact on thunderstorm potential, while the ECM keeps it basically overhead, therefore creating more widespread activity each day. ECM has done the best recently and inherited favors it, so will make only minor changes and show chc pop each day, highest Tue/Wed, with temps right around climo. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 18Z...Thunderstorms breaking out now north of frontal boundary and should affect LBT with bouts of MVFR to possibly short-lived IFR. As these storms gradually drop south they will do the same at remaining terminals, KFLO shortly and SC airports closer to 19 or 20Z. Coverage and intensity will rapidly wane towards sunset and some overnight MVFR ceilings will develop. Some guidance hinting at brief IFR ceilings. Soon after sunrise Sunday conditions improve to VFR where they shall remain all day. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...Mainly VFR. Except for brief MVFR/IFR conditions from convection today and again Tue into Wed. And possible mvfr from fog each early morning. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM MARINE/THROUGH TONIGHT/ As of 335 PM Saturday...Aside from TSTMS and the associated cloud to sea lightning strikes, winds and seas will remain manageable for the marine community with winds becoming NE 15 KT overnight and seas around 3 ft, a few higher gusts tonight with surge but no caution or advisory headlines are expected. Mariners are advised to get a radar update before heading out this evening or tonight. A moderate 1-2 ft NE chop will interact with residual SE waves of 1-2 ft every 9 seconds. SHORT TERM MARINE/WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/ As of 335 PM Saturday...NE winds 10 to 15 KT Sunday will veer to SE Monday and no headlines or caution statements appear to be needed this period. Even TSTM coverage will trend downward since drying from the north will prevail. Seas of 3-4 feet into Sunday will subside another foot or so to 2-3 feet on Monday. LONG TERM MARINE/TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/ As of 300 PM Saturday...SW winds will start and end the period, with a weakening cold front affecting the waters in between. Ahead of this front, SW winds Tue into Wed will be 10-15 kts, and then shift and weaken Wed even into Thu as the front crosses offshore and stalls. This front will meander in a very weak fashion along the coast Thursday, but as high pressure becomes dominant again late in the period SW winds will re-develop again at 10-15 kts. Seas will be around 2 ft much of the extended, with slight increases to 2-3 ft early and late during the period of strongest SW winds. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...None. NC...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...MBB NEAR TERM...MJC SHORT TERM...MJC LONG TERM...JDW AVIATION...MBB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 403 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-262015- 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- 403 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-262015- 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- 403 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 8
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
250 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
SCZ032-251930-
FLORENCE SC-
250 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL FLORENCE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM
EDT...
AT 250 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER EFFINGHAM...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF FLORENCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...PAMPLICO...NEW HOPE...EFFINGHAM...EVERGREEN...HYMAN...
FRIENDFIELD...SCRANTON...COWARD...
HEALTH SOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL...
CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM - CEDAR
TOWER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
155 AND 156.
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 3421 7972 3397 7950 3388 7984 3389 7984
3414 7990
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 333DEG 14KT 3407 7978
JDWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 313 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016 NCZ096-099-252000- COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC- 313 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN AND NORTHEASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 313 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ELKTON...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF WHITEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITEVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...CHADBOURN...BLADENBORO... LAKE WACCAMAW...COUNCIL...REDBUG...SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE... HALLSBORO...ABBOTTSBURG...ELKTON...LISBON...EMERSON...BRUNSWICK... CLARKTON...BOLTON... COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND BLADEN COUNTY HOSPITAL. THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 386 AND 413. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3462 7881 3466 7858 3432 7833 3420 7882 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 336DEG 9KT 3447 7865 JDW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
324 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
SCZ032-252015-
FLORENCE SC-
324 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORENCE COUNTY UNTIL
415 PM EDT...
AT 323 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SARDIS...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORENCE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE CITY...SARDIS...NEW HOPE...EFFINGHAM...CARTERSVILLE...
SCRANTON...COWARD...OLANTA AND LAKE CITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
147 AND 153.
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 3410 8005 3413 8000 3406 7972 3380 7960
3382 7964 3382 7967 3381 7969 3382 7973
3383 7974 3384 7980 3388 7983 3389 7985
3389 7994 3395 7997 3399 7989 3401 7991
3404 7999 3408 8003 3409 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 003DEG 13KT 3407 7997
JDWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
SCZ024-032-033-053-252015-
MARION SC-FLORENCE SC-DILLON SC-INLAND HORRY SC-
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL FLORENCE...NORTHWESTERN
HORRY...MARION AND DILLON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 330 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MARION...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...MARION...DILLON...MULLINS...LATTA...PAMPLICO...QUINBY...
LAKE VIEW...SELLERS...POSTON...KINGSBURG...KEMPER...SMITHBORO...
BLUE BRICK...GALIVANTS FERRY...FORK...HAMER...BRITTONS NECK...
RAINS AND GAPWAY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
173 AND 198.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3430 7965 3430 7963 3432 7962 3452 7933
3432 7909 3403 7898 3380 7961 3380 7962
3420 7979
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 350DEG 16KT 3415 7934
JDWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
405 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
NCZ099-109-252045-
COLUMBUS NC-INLAND BRUNSWICK NC-
405 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS AND WEST
CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
AT 405 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BUGHILL...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BETHEL...BUGHILL...ASH...FREELAND...OLD DOCK...PIREWAY...NAKINA...
MOLLIE...LONGWOOD AND DULAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3398 7846 3398 7870 3406 7878 3417 7874
3417 7857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 002DEG 9KT 3407 7864
JDWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
416 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
SCZ032-033-039-053-054-252115-
MARION SC-FLORENCE SC-WILLIAMSBURG SC-COASTAL HORRY SC-
INLAND HORRY SC-
416 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FLORENCE...HORRY...MARION AND
NORTHERN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 416 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HORRY...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONWAY...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONWAY...MARION...LAKE CITY...MULLINS...KINGSTREE...LITTLE RIVER...
RED HILL...HORRY...LORIS...JOHNSONVILLE...PAMPLICO...HEMINGWAY...
HICKORY GROVE...ALLSBROOK...KINGSBURG...SARDIS...HEBRON...NEW HOPE...
HENRY AND GALIVANTS FERRY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR MILE MARKER 147.
SC HIGHWAY 31 NEAR MILE MARKER 24.
SC HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 24.
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 3372 7998 3377 8000 3382 7991 3388 7988
3389 7995 3395 7997 3399 7989 3404 7999
3426 7903 3389 7859 3372 7927 3378 7934
3368 7942 3350 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 349DEG 18KT 3395 7918
JDWThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reportedly down on Lake City Highway.
A tree was reportedly down on S Eaddy Ford Road.
A tree was reported down on Highway 521.
Multiple trees were reported down across the town of Andrews.
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, June 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: 639904, 639908, 639911, 639930.