1 thunderstorm wind, 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 29, 1:20 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 220 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2001 S/W ENERGY PUSHING EASTWARD AND OFFSHORE TNGT...HENCE TSTM CHC DECREASING WITH LOSS OF HEAT AND ENERGY LATER THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH... WEAK TROUGH REMAINS ALONG COAST/SLIGHTLY OFFSHORE. THIS ALSO PROVIDING FOCUS FOR ACTIVITY THIS AFTN. WILL INCLUDE A SMALL CHC EVENING POP. MODELS SHOWING ATMOSPHERE REMAINING FAIRLY MOIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. SO...EXPECTING TO SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN. ETA DOWNPLAYS S/W ACTIVITY AFTER TNGT WITH H5 RIDGE REMAINING OVER GULF. AVN REMAINS FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE THROUGHOUT AND WOULD IMPLY GREATER CHC OF RAIN. WITH ATMOSPHERE REMAINING MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE...PLAN TO ACCOUNT FOR DIURNAL ACTIVITY...CLOSER TO ETA THINKING...AS AVN LOOKS OVERDONE. FCST WILL REFLECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND MORE DIURNAL/CHC POPS. LATER IN THE FCST...FRONT APPROACHES FROM NW AND APPEARS TO MOVE THROUGH LATE SAT AND OFFSHORE BY EARLY SUN. FRONT STALLS SOUTH OF AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SOME PCPN FOCUS. HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO BUILD SOUTH OVER CAROLINAS AND WORK IN DRY AIR. CWF: FLOW GENERALLY TO REMAIN OUT OF THE S/SW THROUGH FRI AND APPEARS MOSTLY 15 KT OR BELOW. FRONT APPROACHES SAT AND GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 KT. SCA A POSSIBILITY NRN WATERS SAT AFTN/EVG. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... FCSTID = 30 ILM 75 90 75 90/ 30 30 20 30 LBT 72 91 72 90/ 30 30 20 30 FLO 73 91 73 89/ 30 30 20 30 MYR 74 88 74 87/ 30 30 20 30 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. PJN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust knocked trees down along Ash Little River Road.
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
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