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 May 13, 6:25 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 725 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002 ***ANOTHER UPDATE TO ZFP TO INCLUDE ALL REMAINING COUNTIES IN SVR TSTM WATCH 304...MARLBORO AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES WILL REMAIN IN WATCH 302 AND EXPIRE AT 10 PM*** ***WILL UPDATE ZFP TO INCLUDE MARLBORO AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES IN SVR TSTM WATCH 302*** CONCERN ONCE AGAIN WILL BE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE CWA INTO TONIGHT. SW FLOW COMBINED WITH ENOUGH SUNSHINE SO FAR TODAY HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE 80S AND THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE EVEN MORE. THE LINE OF TSTMS BEGINNING TO ENTER WRN PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINA/S HAS BEEN FILLING IN NICELY THE PAST FEW HOURS. AS THIS LINE PROGRESSES EWRD...IT WILL ENCOUNTER THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...WITH MSAS ANALYSIS INDICATING LI/S BETWEEN -4 AND -5 ACROSS THE CWA. A SQUALL LINE OF TSTMS IS EXPECTED WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. KLTX VAD WIND PROFILE CURRENTLY SHOWING UNI-DIRECTIONAL WINDS UP TO 40 KTS NOW AT ABOUT 10K FT. MODELS STILL INDICATING WINDS AT THE MID LEVELS INCREASING IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. THERE ARE SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO TIMING OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT. THE AVN IS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER BRINGING THE FRONT THROUGH...BUT BOTH THE ETA AND AVN HAVE THE FRONT OFFSHORE BY DAYBREAK. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW VERY GOOD DYNAMICS JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH THE BULK OF THE LIFT COMING LATE THIS EVENING. WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT. ONCE THE FRONT CROSSES...SKIES SHOULD RAPIDLY CLEAR. DECENT CAA WILL TAKE PLACE INTO TUE AFTERNOON...LOWERING H8 TEMPS ABOUT 8 DEG C FROM TODAY. WHILE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG WITH THE CAA EARLY...THEY WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON TUE. CLEAR CONDITIONS SHOULD FOLLOW TUE NIGHT ALONG WITH LIGHT WINDS. THIS WILL RESULT IN GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS AND COOL OVERNIGHT LOWS. EXTENDED DISC THU THRU MON: OPMRF...CANADIAN AND ECMWF SIMILAR THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD W/ HIGH PRES POSND OFF THE MID-ATLC/SE COASTS. THE DIFFERENCES START SHOWING UP AS THE NEXT FRONT MOVES INTO THE VICINITY THIS WEEKEND. THE OPMRF SHOWS A LOW THAT APPEARS TOO STRONG DEVELOPING ACROSS THE OH VALLEY AND INTO NEW ENGLAND WHILE THE CANADIAN APPEARS TOO PROGRESSIVE W/ FRONTAL PASSAGE. PER HPC DISC WILL ALSO GO W/ SLOWER SOLN...WHICH IS ALREADY EMBEDDED IN THE CURRENT FCST. FOR MON THINK THE FRONT WILL BE S AND SE OF THE FCST AREA SO WILL NOT CARRY POPS INTO DAY 7. AS FOR TEMPS...THE MRF DOES NOT SEEM THAT FAR OFF BASE...THOUGH WILL STICK CLOSER TO THE COOLER ENSEMBLE MEANS THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT. CWF: WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH TONIGHT THEN SHIFT NW AS THE COLD FRONT CROSSES FROM THE W. CAA WILL KEEP WINDS UP EARLY TUE...THEN WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE N/NW FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WED...THEN HIGH PRES MOVES RIGHT OVER THE REGION RESULTING IN LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS WED AFTERNOON. SEAS UP TO 6 OR 7 FT TONIGHT WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TUE. FCSTID = 36 ILM 59 77 51 77 / 60 0 0 0 LBT 56 77 48 77 / 60 0 0 0 FLO 57 78 50 78 / 60 0 0 0 MYR 60 76 52 75 / 60 0 0 0 .ILM... NC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ250-252. SC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ254-256. JAQ/CRM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
814 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0802 PM LAMAR NC WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 DARLINGTON TREES DOWN WITHIN THE CITY
OF LAMAR. REPORTED BY
DARLINGTON 911.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
814 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0802 PM LAMAR SC WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 DARLINGTON TREES DOWN WITHIN THE CITY
OF LAMAR. REPORTED BY
DARLINGTON 911.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
855 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM MARION SC WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 MARION TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY. REPORTED BY MARION
911.
MRThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Bladen county sheriff reported trees down at the intersection of Hwy 41 and 131. Trees were also down on Hwy 410.
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, May 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: 5291134.