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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 4, 1993New Hanover County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1993, 8:13 PM EDT for New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1993, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1993, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County New Hanover County, NC

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
NCZ015-016-017-042145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RADAR SUMMARY AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
445 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...

AT 425 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF GREENVILLE TO JUST WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF NEW BERN...JUST WEST OF
FAYETTEVILLE AND JUST OFF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.

REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED SO IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
MARINERS BOATING ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OR PAMLICO SOUND SHOULD SEEK
SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR.
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING SO PERSONS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY
BEFORE GOING TO FIREWORKS DISPLAYS.

ONCE THE SUN SETS THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN BUT COULD LINGER
UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

NS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
NCZ015-016-017-042145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RADAR SUMMARY AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
445 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...

AT 425 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF GREENVILLE TO JUST WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF NEW BERN...JUST WEST OF
FAYETTEVILLE AND JUST OFF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.

REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED SO IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
MARINERS BOATING ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OR PAMLICO SOUND SHOULD SEEK
SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR.
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING SO PERSONS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY
BEFORE GOING TO FIREWORKS DISPLAYS.

ONCE THE SUN SETS THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN BUT COULD LINGER
UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

NS
Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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