1 hail, 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 28, 8:50 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 950 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001 CONVECTION MOVING INTO MY NW COUNTIES ATTM WITH FIRST IN PARADE OF S/W TROFS. LINE IS MOVING INTO BETTER INSTABILITY WITH MSAS LI'S OF -5 TO -7 IN MY COASTAL ZONES. THINK THIS SQUALL LINE WILL MAINLY AFFECT MY NC COUNTIES THRU EARLY AFTERNOON. BETTER SVR POTENTIAL THIS AM LOOKS TO BE IN RAH/MHX'S AREA WHERE LINE IS BEGINNING TO BOW. STILL MUST WATCH CLOSELY. NEXT S/W TROF WORKING INTO NW GA WILL MOVE INTO BOUNDARY RICH ENVIRONMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ALREADY CLOSE TO 80/70 HERE SO COULD BE IN FOR AN INTERESTING LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. TEMPS QUITE TOASTY THIS MORNING BUT CI BLOWOFF SHOULD KEEP GOING HIGHS IN DECENT SHAPE. WILL LOOK AT ZFP UPDATE TO REFINE TIMING AND POSSIBLY INCLUDE SEVERE MENTION PER SPC SLIGHT RISK. CWF...NO CHANGES PLANNED EXCEPT TO REFINE TIMING OF TSTMS. PRELIM NUMBERS...U FCSTID = 35 ILM 85 68 85 63 / 60 60 40 10 LBT 84 65 84 61 / 60 60 30 10 FLO 83 66 84 62 / 60 60 30 10 MYR 83 69 82 65 / 60 60 40 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RAS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
One inch hail occurred at the Wilmington airport. The hail was observed and entered in the Wilmington ASOS observation.
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
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