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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 1, 2014Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2014, 5:05 AM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2014, 5:05 AM EDT (09:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2014, 5:45 AM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Pender County, NC

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, 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 this special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 3:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:46 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 12:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:05 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
505 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

NCZ105-010945-
INLAND PENDER-
505 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PENDER COUNTY THROUGH 545
AM EDT...

AT 505 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ASHTON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF BURGAW...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BURGAW...ASHTON...MURRAY TOWN...VAN
EDEN...WHITE STOCKING...ST. HELENA AND WATHA.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES WEAK ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. SHOULD THE
STORM ROTATION INCREASE AND THE STORM INTENSIFY A WARNING MAY NEED TO
BE ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3467 7800 3458 7770 3442 7792 3446 7804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 199DEG 7KT 3448 7793

WEISS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		23 min
Jul 31, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		43 min
Jul 31, 10:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		57 min
Jul 31, 11:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		49 min
Aug 1, 2:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	43 min
Aug 1, 2:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	20 min
Aug 1, 3:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, Pender	2 hr
Aug 1, 3:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	39 min
Aug 1, 5:13 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		62 min
Aug 1, 10:11 AM EDT	Flood Watch	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	3 days
Aug 1, 10:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		84 min
Aug 1, 12:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Pender	118 min
Jul 31, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	47 min
Aug 1, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	38 min
Aug 1, 1:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	2 hr
Aug 1, 7:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence	90 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.