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 Jul 11, 1:18 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 218 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2001 SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE DELMARVA TO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA BORDERS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH TONIGHT...PASSING THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. DIRECT UPPER SUPPORT FOR PRECIP LOOKS TO BE LACKING WITH THIS FEATURE SO WE WILL HAVE TO RELY ON WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO GET THINGS GOING TONIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...THE LINGERING TROUGH INLAND...THE SEA BREEZE AND STORM OUTFLOWS MAY PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IN AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THIS EVENING. ON THU...FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE AREA THAT A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG THE COAST. AFTER A WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE PASSES BY ALONG THE FRONT LATE THU INTO THU NIGHT...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD BE FORCED FAR ENOUGH SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST TO BE DRY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. IN THE EXTENDED...HIGH PRESSURE HANGS TOUGH THROUGH DAY 7 SO A DRY FORECAST WILL BE REFLECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. CWF: SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT TO BECOME W-NW BY DAYBREAK AND NE BY DAYS END ON THU. LIGHT NE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRI. NO FLAGS IN THE OUTLOOK EITHER AS AVN SEEMS TO BE OVER-DEVELOPING THE LOW ALONG THE FRONT WELL OFFSHORE. FCSTID = 31 ILM 73 89 70 85 / 30 20 10 10 LBT 72 90 67 85 / 30 20 10 10 FLO 72 90 67 85 / 30 20 10 10 MYR 73 89 70 85 / 30 20 10 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house on Oak Drive, punching charred holes in the roof and damaging most electrical appliances.
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, July 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: 5258641.