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 29, 8:28 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 928 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2001 HAVE SEEN AIRMASS BECOME MORE STABLE LAST FEW HOURS WITH LIS UP TO -1/-3 AT 01Z. DONT SEE THE DYNAMICS UPSTREAM TO SUPPORT MUCH CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. WILL PROBABLY HOLD OFF ON AN UPDATE UNTIL TSTMS OVER NE SC WIND DOWN...THEN LOWER POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. FCST MINS ON TRACK. CWF: VERY WEAK PRES GRAD OVER THE WATERS THIS EVENING RESULTING IN WINDS LESS THAN 15 KT. DIRECTION HAS BEEN VARIABLE ALONG THE COAST BUT SHOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY SW OVER THE WATERS...AWAY FROM CONVECTION. FCSTID = 33 ILM 75 89 73 88 / 20 30 20 30 LBT 72 90 71 88 / 20 30 20 30 FLO 73 91 72 89 / 20 30 20 30 MYR 74 88 74 87 / 20 30 20 30 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. CRM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
613 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2001
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0558 PM MYRTLE BEACH SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/29/01 HORRY 6 MILES NORTH OF MYR
AIRPORT REPORTED BY PUBLICThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:47 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Georgetown 911 reported a person was struck by lightning. The extent of the injuries is unknown. A structure was also reported to be on fire due to lightning. The damage amount is unknown.
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: 5263661.