1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 9:05 AM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 1005 AM EDT FRI JUN 01 2001 ZFP... WARM FRONT HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA AS FRONT IS NEAR A HATTERAS TO JUST SOUTH OF RALEIGH LINE. MORNING MODIFIED SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING -4 TO -5 LI AND CAPES BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 J/KG BY AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY A FEW SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. ANALYSIS SHOWING LITTLE CONVERGENCE AT THIS TIME IN THE LOWER LEVELS AND LATEST RUC SHOWING WITH LITTLE DIVERGENCE ALOFT. ONE CONCERN IS THAT THE 12Z RUC IS INDICATE CONVERGENCE ALOFT OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS AROUND 18Z. WET-BULB ZERO ALONG THE COAST IS RUNNING BETWEEN 12000 AND 12500 FEET SO THREAT APPEARS TO BE MAINLY FROM WIND. WITH ALL THIS INFO IT APPEARS THAT THAT THE REGION WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SHORTWAVE THAT IS MOVING THOROUGH ALABAMA AT THIS TIME. FINALLY THE MOISTURE TAP FROM THE GULF MAY BE INHIBITED BY THE CONVECTION OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR ITS AFFECTS AS THIS STORM EVOLVES. CWF...OVER THE WATERS WINDS ARE RELATIVELY LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH AT THE BUOYS. NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED TO THE CURRENT FORECAST EXCEPT TO INITIALIZE THE FORECAST TO CURRENT TRENDS. PRELIM NUMBERS... FCSTID = 07 ILM 84 70 86 67 / 60 60 10 10 LBT 84 67 87 64 / 60 60 10 10 FLO 85 68 87 65 / 60 60 10 10 MYR 81 70 83 69 / 60 60 10 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. DRH
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dillon county sheriff reported two large trees down...one on Countryside Rd. and the other on Interstate 95.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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