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 Aug 19, 8:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 930 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2002 CONVECTION CONTINUED TO REGENERATE ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES EARLIER TODAY...BUT TSTM ACTIVITY HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. LIGHT RAIN PERSISTS IN SOME OF OUR COASTAL COUNTIES...BUT EXPECT IT TO COME TO AN END WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AFTERWARDS...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY AT OR JUST ABOVE FCST LOWS IN SOME RAIN-COOLED LOCATIONS. DEWPOINTS RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S INLAND TO LOWER 70S AT THE COAST. WILL OPEN UP TEMP RANGE AND LOWER OVERNIGHT MINS JUST A BIT WITH THIS UPDATE. WHILE PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE IT RAINED...DO NOT THINK VISIBILITIES WILL DROP LOW ENOUGH TO MENTION IN ZONES. MARINE: OBS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS FROM FRYING PAN SHOALS INDICATE WINDS S AT 15 KT WITH 3 FT SEAS. WINDS ARE WEAKER NEAR SHORE...WITH COASTAL OBS SHOWING WINDS UNDER 10 KT. WILL UPDATE CWF TO LOWER SEAS TO 2 TO 3 FT AND REMOVE PRECIPITATION...OTHERWISE FCST LOOKS GOOD. FCSTID = 36 PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... KILM 74 92 74 89/ 10 40 40 40 KLBT 73 94 72 90/ 0 40 40 40 KFLO 73 94 73 90/ 0 40 40 40 KMYR 75 90 75 88/ 10 40 40 40 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. JAQ
NCZ101-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 528 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY... AT 520 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND THROUGH WINDEMERE...SMITH CREEK AND WRIGHTSBORO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE RAIN IS FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. SOME ROADWAYS WHICH MAY BE COVERED BY WATER INCLUDE PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...MURRAYVILLE ROAD...GORDON ROAD...N KERR AVE...AND CASTLE HAYNE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. JAQ
NCZ099-100-192230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 542 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLUMBUS AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES... AT 537 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF COLUMBUS AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS ARE FALLING AT RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SOME ROADWAYS MAY BE COVERED BY WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR FURTHER UPDATES. JAQ
SCZ034-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 710 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN HORRY COUNTY... AT 705 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LORIS AND GORETOWN. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. RADAR INDICATES THAT THIS STORM IS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN SOUTH OF LORIS...ALONG U.S. 701 ACCORDING TO RADAR ESTIMATES. MOTORISTS IN THE LORIS AND GORETOWN AREA SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING EARLY THIS EVENING AS WATER MAY COVER THE ROADWAY. FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR FURTHER UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/ILM JAQ
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. Lightning also struck a hog house. The damage was estimated at $2500.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2002
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