1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 20, 8:58 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 958 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 EARLIER LINE OF INTENSE CONVECTION HAS MOVED EAST AND WEAKENED. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED ACTIVITY HAS MOVED IN TO REPLACE IT FROM DILLON COUNTY EAST INTO ROBESON AND BLADEN COUNTIES. AT 02Z...THE SFC FRONT WAS JUST BEGINNING TO ENTER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE ILM CWA. LOW PRES N OF CAE WAS SLOWING THE EASTWARD PROGRESS OF THE FRONT. WILL USE CHANCE POPS FOR ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT XCPT LIKELY POPS FOR INLAND NC WHERE EXTRAPOLATION OF CURRENT ACTIVITY LOOKS WETTER. TEMPS SKY COVER AND WINDS IN CURRENT ZFP LOOK GOOD. CWF: COASTAL WATERS HAVE NOT HAD CONVECTION YET...STILL SEEING S/SW FLOW AT 15-20 KTS. BUOY SEA HEIGHTS RUNNING 4-5 FT. ONLY A FEW CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST EXPECTED. FCSTID = 9 ILM 72 85 66 85 / 40 30 10 10 LBT 69 85 64 88 / 60 10 0 0 FLO 69 88 65 88 / 40 10 0 0 MYR 73 85 68 85 / 40 30 10 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. TRA
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency manager reported the roof of a mobile home was blown off and a tree was uprooted.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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