Thunderstorm Wind, Pender
- When
- April 1, 1:15 PM EST
- Where
- Pender County, Surf City
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.433, -77.550
Wind equipment at the Surf City drawbridge measured an 80 mph wind gust.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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 forecasters said that day
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 Apr 1, 10:18 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 10:18 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 1018 AM EST SUN APR 1 2001 14Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT ENTERING THE NC/SC FOOTHILLS WITH AN ASSOC NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION. ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE THE BACKDOOR FEATURE WHICH DROPPED DOWN THE NC COAST OVERNIGHT AND HAS HUNG UP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY WEST TO DILLON COUNTY SC. NEW HANOVER COUNTY MESONET HAS TEMPS IN THE LWR-MID 50S N OF THE FRONT...WITH 59 AT SOUTHPORT (EXTRM S PART OF COUNTY.) VSBY SAT SHOWS FRONT BEGINNING TO WASH OUT AND RETREAT N...SO SKY CVR/TEMPS SHOULD WORK OUT FINE IN THE ZFP. NOT PLANNING AN UPDATE ATTM. 40/50 POPS N AND 30 POPS S STILL LOOK GOOD. 06Z MESOETA SHOWS BEST SFC CONV AND 700 MB UVV STILL REMAIN N OF MY AREA TDY...AS SYSTEM QUICKLY SHIFTS E. TAIL END OF SQUALL LINE FORMING IN THE FOOTHILLS WL PROBABLY CLIP MY NORTHERN COUNTIES... ALONG AND N OF A LINE FROM DILLON TO NEW HANOVER. WL RE-EVALUATE WHEN 12Z MODEL DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE. CWF: CURRENT CWF LOOKS FINE. W WINDS THIS MORN SHOULD BECM SW JUST BEFORE FROPA BEFORE GOING BACK TO W. FCSTID = 9 ILM 68 41 63 43 / 50 20 0 10 LBT 66 40 61 42 / 50 10 0 10 FLO 68 40 64 45 / 30 10 0 10 MYR 69 41 63 44 / 30 10 0 10 .ILM... NC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SURF CITY TO LITTLE RIVER INLET. SC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LITTLE RIVER INLET TO S SANTEE RIVER. TRA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:59 PM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
159 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0149 PM 10 W LUMBERTON NC 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/01/01 ROBESON
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:00 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
200 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0157 PM BURGAW NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 PENDER REPORTED BY
OTHER
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:03 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
203 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0155 PM WILMINGTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 NEW HANOVER REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:04 PM EST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
204 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0150 PM ROCKY POINT NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 PENDER REPORTED BY TV STATION
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:07 PM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
207 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0203 PM WILMINGTON NC .88 INCH HAIL
04/01/01 NEW HANOVER NICKLE SIZE HAIL ON
OLEANDER DRIVE REPORTED BY
SKYWARN
DLLocal storm report, Apr 1, 1:13 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
213 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0147 PM LUMBERTON NC 59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/01/01 ROBESON LUMBERTON ASOS REPORTED
MEASURED WIND GUSTS TO 59
MPHU
DLThe radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:12 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Minnesota, April 1 to 30, 2001
- Flooding in Wisconsin, April 1 to 30, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 1 to 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, April 1 to 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 1, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2001
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: 5239808.