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 Jun 15, 1:50 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 250 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 LOW IS SLOWLY PULLING AWAY AND WRAPAROUND IS HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING ANY PROGRESS INTO THE AREA THIS AFTN. WILL DROP FFA THIS PACKAGE. WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE POP TO GIVE ANY SCATTERED AFTN SHOWERS OR TSTMS THAT DO DEVELOP A CHANCE TO DIE THIS EVENING... HOWEVER S/WV RIDGING AND SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE UPPER LOW SHOULD MAKE FOR A QUIET NIGHT. WEAK S/WV RIDGING ERODES AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE ALONG WITH MAX TEMPS REACHING NEAR 90 WILL RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY SAT AFTN. MESOETA PAINTS -5 LI'S AND CAPES > 2000 J/KG SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS. FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST SAT NIGHT WITH DRY AIR PUSHING ACROSS THE CWA ON SUN. WILL KEEP A CHANCE POP SAT NIGHT BUT SUN WELL INTO NEXT WEEK LOOKS DRY AND WARM UNDER FLAT H5 RIDGE. CWF: LOW FINALLY DEPARTING AND WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA CONDITIONS WITH OFFSHORE TR0AJECTORY. FCSTID = 33 ILM 72 90 70 86 / 20 30 30 10 LBT 69 90 67 87 / 20 30 30 10 FLO 70 91 68 88 / 20 30 30 10 MYR 71 89 70 85 / 20 30 30 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused two homes to catch fire, causing a total of $5,500 damage. One home was located on Laurin Willis Road, the other on Jefferson St.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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