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 Jun 21, 7:30 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 830 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001 ZFP: ANOTHER QUIET EVENING ACROSS THE ILM CWA AS SEA BREEZE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON WAS ISOLATED AND SHORT LIVED. MO CLR SKIES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA FOR NOW...BUT DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM MORE EXTENSIVE CONVECTION OVER GA/SC SLOWLY DRIFTING THIS WAY. PLANNING ZFP UPDATE TO REMOVE MENTION OF PRECIP FROM TONITE. HAD SOME PATCHY FOG LAST NITE AS VSBYS BRIEFLY DROPPED TO 1-3SM. THINK TONITE IS LESS FAVORABLE FOR FOG WITH HI CLDS MOVING ACROSS AND S WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 5 KT. WILL CONSIDER DROPPING MENTION OF FOG ESP FOR COASTAL ZONES. TEMPS LOOK OK. CWF: GOING FCST HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON WINDS SLOWLY INCREASING AND VEERING SW AS FRONT APPROACHES. WILL TWEAK INITIAL CONDITIONS AND REMOVE PRECIP. FCSTID = 35 ILM 69 86 70 84 / 10 30 30 60 LBT 67 88 69 85 / 10 30 30 60 FLO 67* 89 69 86 / 10 30 30 60 MYR 68 84 69 83 / 10 30 30 60 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RAS
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused damage to various parts of the county's computer systems in the courthouse building, including the 911 telephone lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5251768.