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 3, 8:45 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 945 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2001 COMING UPDATE TO THE ZFP WILL REFLECT ENDING THUNDER WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS EXPECTED UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. GOING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE IN LINE. WILL TWEAK IF NEEDED AFTER A LOOK AT 10 PM OBSERVATIONS BUT LITTLE OR NO CHANGE ANTICIPATED. CWF: SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT TO BECOME W-NW OVERNIGHT. SEAS OF 4 TO 5 FT EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TO 3 TO 4 BY AM. FCSTID = 31 ILM 68 90 72 90 / 20 30 10 30 LBT 68 90 70 90 / 30 40 10 30 FLO 68 93 71 91 / 30 30 10 30 MYR 70 87 72 87 / 20 30 10 30 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RAN
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home on North Ocean Blvd. , causing moderate fire and water damage, officials said.
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, June 2001
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