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 14, 6:05 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 705 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 WILL UPDATE ZFP AND CWF FOR EXPIRATION OF SVR TSTM WATCH AT 7 PM. MOST TS ACTIVITY IN ROBESON AND BLADEN COUNTIES AT THIS TIME...WITH ANOTHER CLUSTER ABOUT TO ENTER MY NRN TIER OF COUNTIES. WILL BUMP POPS TO 70 THERE AND MAINTAIN GOING 60 POP ELSEWHERE. STORMS ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE ON SURROUNDING RADARS (KLTX REMAINS DOWN)...BUT SHAPE HAS BEEN A BIT SUSPICIOUS. WILL HOLD MENTION OF ISOLATED SVR...MAINLY IN INLAND COUNTIES. STILL A SMATTERING OF STORMS ACROSS SC ASSOCIATED WITH PRE FRONTAL TROF. ACTUAL COLD FRONT IS NOT WELL DEFINED. OTHER THAN TWEAKS FOR ONGOING WX WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH IN THE ZONES. RAS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (140 PM) FOLLOWS ----------------------------------------------------- SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA TIL 700 PM. ACTIVITY THIS EVENING SHOULD BE IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH/DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY. MSAS INDICATING STRONG INSTABILITY AND SURFACE MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE RIGHT ALONG COAST WITH A MUCH WEAKER MAXIMA DOWN AROUND CAE. A STRONG SHORT WAVE IS LIFTING NORTHEAST WELL OFF THE COAST OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND SUBSIDENCE/DRYING IN ITS WAKE MAY INHIBIT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...GIVEN MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY AND WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY TO HELP FOCUS CONVECTION AND SLIGHT COOLING/DRYING ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY POP. CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP VIRTUALLY OVERHEAD. AVN HAS STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT...NEAR 40 KT. COULD BE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE BUT LARGE HAIL MAY BE MORE OF A THREAT WITH WET BULB ZEROS NEAR 10000 FT. COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT BETWEEN 06Z AND 10Z. SHORTWAVE RIDGE FOLLOWS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH PERSISTING ALONG EAST COAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA SUNDAY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MOVE SLOWLY OFF THE COAST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP POPS OUT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS NOT LOOKING AS IF MOISTURE DEEP ENOUGH TO WARRANT POPS WITH DEEP WEST OR WEST SOUTHWEST FLOW. UPPER FLOW BECOMES PROGRESSIVELY NORTHWEST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. DECENT OMEGA AND INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH APPROACH OF H5 SHORTWAVE TROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WARRANTS A SMALL POP. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST TUESDAY AND PASSING NORTH OF THE AREA AND OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY BUT STILL RIDGING BACK TO THE COAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MARINE: SEAS 2 TO 4 FT AND BUOYS INDICATING SOUTHWEST WIND 15 KT. GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN UP THIS EVENING AHEAD OF BOUNDARY BUT NOT EXPECTING WIND AND SEAS TO BREECH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLD. WILL MENTION HIGHER WIND AND SEAS IN THUNDERSTORMS. WIND COMING AROUND TO WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AND THEN BACK TO SOUTHWEST ON SUNDAY. FCSTID = 27 PRELIMINARY NUMBERS ILM 72 89 64 87 / 60 10 0 10 LBT 68 89 61 87 / 30 10 0 10 FLO 68 90 61 88 / 30 10 0 10 MYR 72 86 65 86 / 60 10 0 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. DIGIORGI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
302 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0250 PM BLADENBORO NC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 BLADEN TREE DOWNREPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 PM KELLY NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 BLADEN TREES DOWN HIWAY
53/210REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
342 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 PM MURRELLS INLET SC 55-60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/02 GEORGETOWN HEAVY RAIN VISIBILITY
ESTIMATED AT 1/10 MILE
WINDS GUSTS
ESTIMATEDREPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
CHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
429 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM CARVERS CREEK NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 BLADEN REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR.
0255 PM KELLY NC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 BLADEN TREES DOWN NEAR HWYS 53
AND 210. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0255 PM KELLY NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 BLADEN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER.
0400 PM SOCASTEE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 HORRY POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN
NEAR PALMETTO POINT.
REPORTED BY 911.
MRAMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ096-097-099>101-SCZ033-034-039-046-142319- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 700 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT... THE COVERAGE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED DURING THE EARLY EVENING. AS A RESULT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL...OTHERWISE MOST THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SRP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Bethlehem United Methodist Church steeple. The steeple was destroyed, and parts of the sanctuary were damaged by water, fire, and smoke.
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, June 2002
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: 5301744.