Wildfire, Pender
- When
- June 3, 3:00 PM EST to June 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pender County, 10 mi NE of Rocky Pt
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.515, -77.889 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in North Carolina, June 3 to 5, 1998
Lightning sparked a forest fire just east of Shaw Highway, N of 210 that burned 695 acres on the western edge of Holly Shelter Game Land.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
Lightning sparked a forest fire just east of Shaw Highway, N of 210 that burned 695 acres on the western edge of Holly Shelter Game Land.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Florida, June 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 3, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 3, 1998
- Cold in North Dakota, June 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Utah, June 3, 1998
- Hail in Virginia, June 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 3, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 1998
Sources
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: 5655933.