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 Aug 20, 1:52 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 252 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 SO FAR THIS AFTN JUST ABOUT ALL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA HAS BEEN OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES...BUT WITH INTERIOR COUNTIES IN UPPER 80S...PIEDMONT TROUGH ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FROM LAKE HURON ACROSS KY TO AL IS PROGRESSING E. FOLLOWING ETA JET DYNAMICS UP AROUND 250 MB...DIVERGENCE ACROSS EASTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTN WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY SUNSET AS A STRONGER JET RUNS UP THE APPALACHIAN SPINE...CAUSING DIVERGENCE ALOFT OVER THE PIEDMONT/PEE DEE EARLY TONIGHT...CONTINUING TSTM THREAT AND SPREADING IT TO THE COAST DURING THE NIGHT AS JET SHIFTS E. WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS TONIGHT. AT SFC...WEAK FRONT NEAR GSO-CLT-AHN WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 60S BEHIND FRONT...TO PROGRESS TO THE COAST NEAR SUNRISE AS UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS AND MOVES INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...WITH FRONT MAKING LITTLE FURTHER PROGRESS THAN THE COAST UNTIL TUE EVENING AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES OFFSHORE. APPEARS TUE DEW POINTS WILL BE MIDDLE 60S INLAND COUNTIES...WELCOME RELIEF. DEW POINTS NEAR 70 TO CONTINUE ALONG COAST UNTIL TUE NIGHT/WED AS FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE. WITH UPPER TROUGH MOVING TO THE MOISTURE ALONG THE COAST...WILL KEEP CHC POPS...WITH LESS POP INLAND COUNTIES. AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES OFFSHORE...DEW POINTS AND TEMPERATURES DROP A COUPLE OF DEGREES WED AND THEN RETURN THU AND LATER IN THE WEEK AS RIDGING OVER THE GULF STATES BUILDS INTO THE CAROLINAS WITH A WEAK NW FLOW CARRYING APRECIABLE MOISTURE INTO THE AREA FRI...WITH ANOTHER WEAK FRONT IN THE AREA FRI NIGHT. CWF: FPSN7 SW WIND NEAR 20 KT AND 5 FT SEAS...BUT WIND LIGHTER NEAR THE COAST...WILL USE RANGE WIND/SEAS. WINDS LIGHTER TUE IN VICINITY WEAKENING FRONT...AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD...3 FT OR LESS. FCSTID = 19 ILM 72 85 66 85 / 40 30 10 10 LBT 69 85 64 88 / 40 10 0 0 FLO 69 88 65 88 / 40 10 0 0 MYR 73 85 68 85 / 40 30 10 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MATHESON
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency manager reported that two people were struck by lightning. The extent of the injuries is unknown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2001
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