1 flash flood, 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 Jun 15, 1:50 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 250 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 LOW IS SLOWLY PULLING AWAY AND WRAPAROUND IS HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING ANY PROGRESS INTO THE AREA THIS AFTN. WILL DROP FFA THIS PACKAGE. WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE POP TO GIVE ANY SCATTERED AFTN SHOWERS OR TSTMS THAT DO DEVELOP A CHANCE TO DIE THIS EVENING... HOWEVER S/WV RIDGING AND SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE UPPER LOW SHOULD MAKE FOR A QUIET NIGHT. WEAK S/WV RIDGING ERODES AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE ALONG WITH MAX TEMPS REACHING NEAR 90 WILL RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY SAT AFTN. MESOETA PAINTS -5 LI'S AND CAPES > 2000 J/KG SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS. FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST SAT NIGHT WITH DRY AIR PUSHING ACROSS THE CWA ON SUN. WILL KEEP A CHANCE POP SAT NIGHT BUT SUN WELL INTO NEXT WEEK LOOKS DRY AND WARM UNDER FLAT H5 RIDGE. CWF: LOW FINALLY DEPARTING AND WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA CONDITIONS WITH OFFSHORE TR0AJECTORY. FCSTID = 33 ILM 72 90 70 86 / 20 30 30 10 LBT 69 90 67 87 / 20 30 30 10 FLO 70 91 68 88 / 20 30 30 10 MYR 71 89 70 85 / 20 30 30 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
652 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0625 PM CHERRY GROVE NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 COLUMBUS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding at the intersection of NC210 and US117. A car ended up in a flooded ditch.
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, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5251835.