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 2, 12:43 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 143 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001 FRONTAL BOUNDARY SINKING SOUTH OVER CWA THIS AFTN AND FIRING A NICE LINE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE WARM MOIST AIR OVER REGION. RESULTANT WIND APPEARS TO BE ATTEMPTING TO WORK INLAND OVER SRN BRUNSWICK CO. THIS MAY HELP TO ENHANCE PCPN AS FRONT APPROACHES. DEWPT BOUNDARY WELL BEHIND THE FRONT. MODELS REMAIN SIMILAR IN SLOWLY PUSHING THE FRONT THROUGH CWA AND STALLING IT JUST S OF US TONIGHT. MOISTURE HOLDS ON NEXT FEW DAYS AS HIGH PRES AND DRIER AIR PROGGED ONLY TO MAKE IT INTO N-NE NC THROUGH PERIOD. ETA/AVN MODELS SHOWING WEAK S/W MOVING ALONG NC/SC TNGT. WITH AIRMASS REMAINING FAIRLY MOIST...THE CHC FOR PCPN WILL CONTINUE. WILL CARRY CHC POPS TNGT. WITH MOISTURE HANGING AROUND WILL KEEP WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND CHC POPS FOR TUE. MAX TEMPS IN LOW TO MID 80S. WINDS RETURN TO S-SW DIRECTION W AS NEXT FRONT APPROACHES AND TEMPS WARM A FEW DEGREES. WILL AGAIN CARRY CHC POPS FOR AFTN ACTIVITY. EXTENDED: ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES WED NIGHT AND SLOWLY PUSHES THROUGH CAROLINAS DURING THURS AND OFFSHORE EARLY FRI. BEST CHC RAINS LOOKS TO BE THURS AND WILL CARRY CHC POPS THROUGH FRIDAY. PLAN TO KEEP REMAINDER OF EXTENDED DRY AT THIS POINT. CWF: WINDS TURING TO THE NE LATE THIS AFTN AND EVNG 10 TO 15 KT. WINDS RETURN TO S/SE DIRECTION ON TUE AND REMAIN THROUGH PERIOD. NO FLAGS. FCSTID = 30 ILM 69 84 71 87 / 30 30 20 30 LBT 66 85 70 88 / 30 30 20 30 FLO 68 86 70 89 / 30 30 20 30 MYR 70 83 72 86 / 30 30 20 30 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. PJN
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency manager reported that lightning struck a house in Surf City, south of the drawbridge.
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: 5259236.