1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 18, 12:35 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 135 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001 WV IMAGERY SHOWS SE U.S. IN TRANSITION FROM BERMUDA RIDGE TO BROAD TROFINESS AROUND MAIN UPR LOW IN WRN GREAT LAKES. WEAK CONVECTIVELY INDUCED RIPPLES SHOWING UP OVER SE GA AND LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY...WITH BETTER DEFINED VORT MOVING ESE ACROSS CENTRAL/SRN PLAINS. MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWS BERMUDA HIGH...WITH PIEDMONT TROF LIGHTING UP NICELY SINCE NOON LOCAL TIME. GREATEST DIFFICULTY IN THIS FCST IS TRYING TO TIME UPPER FEATURES TO NAIL DOWN POPS. MODELS DO NOT HAVE THE GREATEST HANDLE ON THE CONVECTIVELY INDUCED VORT MAXES...WHICH WILL BE MAIN PLAYERS TONITE AND EARLY SUN. FIRST PERIOD POP WILL BE LAST MIN CALL BASED ON ONGOING ACTIVITY AT PRESS TIME. TEMPS AOA GUIDANCE DUE TO VERY JUICY LOW LEVELS. FEATURE OUT OF SRN PLAINS SWINGS ACROSS LATE SUN. AVN HOLDS IT TOGETHER MUCH BETTER THAN ETA/NGM...WHICH I THINK ARE A BIT QUICK IN SHEARING IT OUT. TEMPS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER...AND WILL PROBABLY STAY ON LOW SIDE OF GUIDANCE. BUST POTENTIAL IS HIGH AS WE WILL START VERY WARM...SO NOT MUCH SUNSHINE NEEDED TO PUSH TEMPS INTO 90S. FRONT MAKES A VERY SLOW APPROACH MON...HAS HARD TIME CUTTING INTO BERMUDA HIGH. NO FORCING ALOFT TO REALLY HANG MY HAT ON...SO WILL KEEP 30-40ISH POPS IN. TEMPS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN SUN. EXTENDED: COLD FRONT TRIES TO PUSH THRU LATE TUE OR TUE NIGHT. STILL CLOSE ENOUGH ON WED SO WILL NOT PULL WED POPS JUST YET. MRF IS BACK TO FLAT RIDGE SCENARIO LATE IN THE WEEK. IN ANY CASE DRY FCST THU-SAT LOOKS SAFE FOR NOW. TEMPS NEAR CLIMO FOR MOST OF EXTENDED. CWF: STILL SEEING 4 FT/10 SEC ESE SWELL...BUT EXPECT IT WILL BE MASKED SOMEWHAT BY S/SW WIND WAVE BY SUN. STILL THINK IT WILL MERIT INCREASED RIP THREAT...ESP FOR S FACING BEACHES. OTHERWISE PATTERN REMAINS LARGELY THE SAME WITH SW 15-20 KT THRU THE PERIOD. MAY APPROACH BUT NOT REACH SCA CRITERIA AT VARIOUS TIMES SUN/MON. FCSTID = 35 ILM 78 90 75 87 / 60 40 40 40 LBT 75 90 73 89 / 60 40 40 40 FLO 75 92 73 90 / 60 40 40 40 MYR 79 87 75 86 / 60 40 40 40 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RAS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
352 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001
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0345 PM WALLACE SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/18/01 MARLBORO REPORTED BY SPOTTERSThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck and damaged a mobile home off of Hwy 130.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2001
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: 5263668.