Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Jul 2, 2001, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2001, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Pender County, NC

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KILM 021947
SVRILM

NCC141-022015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
346 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS NEAR BURGAW
  AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   ROCKY POINT AT 355 PM EDT
   HAMPSTEAD AT 410 PM EDT

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC.

.END

$$

DRH/SP

LAT...LON 3473 7811 3454 7826 3446 7816 3439 7825
          3435 7820 3437 7813 3434 7807 3434 7800
          3439 7784 3430 7773 3438 7760 3445 7754
          3449 7760 3472 7769

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
143 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001

FRONTAL BOUNDARY SINKING SOUTH OVER CWA THIS AFTN AND FIRING A NICE
LINE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE WARM MOIST AIR OVER REGION.
RESULTANT WIND APPEARS TO BE ATTEMPTING TO WORK INLAND OVER SRN
BRUNSWICK CO. THIS MAY HELP TO ENHANCE PCPN AS FRONT APPROACHES.
DEWPT BOUNDARY WELL BEHIND THE FRONT.

MODELS REMAIN SIMILAR IN SLOWLY PUSHING THE FRONT THROUGH CWA AND
STALLING IT JUST S OF US TONIGHT. MOISTURE HOLDS ON NEXT FEW DAYS AS
HIGH PRES AND DRIER AIR PROGGED ONLY TO MAKE IT INTO N-NE NC THROUGH
PERIOD. ETA/AVN MODELS SHOWING WEAK S/W MOVING ALONG NC/SC TNGT.
WITH AIRMASS REMAINING FAIRLY MOIST...THE CHC FOR PCPN WILL
CONTINUE. WILL CARRY CHC POPS TNGT.

WITH MOISTURE HANGING AROUND WILL KEEP WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND
CHC POPS FOR TUE. MAX TEMPS IN LOW TO MID 80S. WINDS RETURN TO S-SW
DIRECTION W AS NEXT FRONT APPROACHES AND TEMPS WARM A FEW DEGREES.
WILL AGAIN CARRY CHC POPS FOR AFTN ACTIVITY.

EXTENDED:  ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES WED NIGHT AND SLOWLY PUSHES
THROUGH CAROLINAS DURING THURS AND OFFSHORE EARLY FRI. BEST CHC
RAINS LOOKS TO BE THURS AND WILL CARRY CHC POPS THROUGH FRIDAY. PLAN
TO KEEP REMAINDER OF EXTENDED DRY AT THIS POINT.

CWF: WINDS TURING TO THE NE LATE THIS AFTN AND EVNG 10 TO 15 KT.
WINDS RETURN TO S/SE DIRECTION ON TUE AND REMAIN THROUGH PERIOD.
NO FLAGS.

FCSTID = 30
ILM   69  84  71  87 /  30  30  20  30
LBT   66  85  70  88 /  30  30  20  30
FLO   68  86  70  89 /  30  30  20  30
MYR   70  83  72  86 /  30  30  20  30

.ILM...
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

PJN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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