Thunderstorm Wind, Bladen
- When
- May 26, 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Bladen County, Ammon
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -78.583
Law enforcement reported trees down along Hwy 242 just south of Ammons.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 26, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 May 26, 9:10 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:10 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 1010 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001 NOT PLANNING ON UPDATE OF PACKAGE SINCE CURRENT WORDING OF FORECAST IS EXCELLENT. POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS GOOD WITH MODIFIED SOUNDINGS INDICATING LIS ABOUT MINUS 7. SOME CONCERN ABOUT ONGOING CNVTN WESTERN CWA BUT AND ASSOCD CLOUDINESS INHIBITING INSOLATION BUT THINK APPROACHING DYNAMICS WILL COMPENSATE. NOTED TRENDS IN RADAR SUGGESTING MUCH OF CWA IN THROAT OF DIFLUENCE BETWEEN STRONG NE FLOW MID/UPR LVLS OVR NWRN PORTION OF CWA WHILE CNTRL SC COASTAL ACTIVITY IS MUCH A SLOWER ENE TRACK. CWF: NO CHANGES PLANNED FOR FORECAST. FCSTID = 01 ILM 86 64 87 65 / 50 50 20 30 LBT 85 62 87 63 / 50 50 20 30 FLO 86 63 89 64 / 50 50 20 30 MYR 81 65 84 65 / 50 50 20 30 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWA
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 26, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 26, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 26, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 26, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Maryland, May 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 2001
- Hail in Virginia, May 26, 2001
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, May 26, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 26, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2001
Sources
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: 5250333.