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 May 27, 8:40 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 940 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2001 WILL DO A QUICK ZFP UPDATE TO REMOVE MORNING FOG FROM COASTAL NC ZONES. GOING FCST OF 20 POPS LOOKS OK. AIR MASS IS QUITE DRY EXCEPT AROUND 700 MB PER 12Z MHX/CHS SOUNDINGS...BUT DO NOT BELIEVE ANY OF THE MODELS ARE GIVING ENOUGH RESPECT TO VORT FEATURE MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS DEEP SOUTH. IN LIGHT OF THAT AND LEFTOVER SHRA ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL SC WILL LEAVE SLGT CHC POPS IN FOR NOW. TEMPS SEEM OFF TO THE RACES NOW BUT MID CLDS WILL PUT THE BRAKES ON...ESP INLAND. CWF: NO CHANGES PLANNED OTHER THAN POSSIBLY TWEAKING WINDS TO REFLECT INITIAL CONDITIONS...LITTLE MORE W COMPONENT THAN IS REFLECTED IN GOING FCST. FCSTID = 35 ILM 86 64 84 67 / 20 10 40 50 LBT 86 64 83 64 / 20 10 40 50 FLO 87 64 84 65 / 20 10 40 50 MYR 83 65 84 68 / 20 10 40 50 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RAS
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning started a fire that destroyed a storage unit at the Barker Mobile Home Park.
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, May 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: 5250348.