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 Jul 5, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 245 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO SAG SOUTH INTO THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. GOOD INSTABILITY AND ADEQUATE LIFT FROM PIEDMONT TROUGH AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO KEEP CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT AND INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF SATURDAY. STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND AND HAIL IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING TONIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO DRY THINGS OUT AND WITH RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH AND FRONT DISSIPATING TO OUR SOUTH ON SUNDAY. LOOKS LIKE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLY LOW. UPPER RIDGE TO WEST AND BERMUDA RIDGE MERGE...KEEPING SOUTHEAST UNDER GOOD SUBSIDENCE INTO TUESDAY. PULLED POPS FOR TUESDAY AND PULLED BACK POPS LATE IN EXTENDED AS TROUGH IN EAST NOT DIGGING AS FAR SOUTH AS EARLIER INDICATIONS. THEREFORE WENT WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE. STAYED ABOVE GUIDANCE IN LATER PERIODS...BUT LATER FORECASTS MAY NEED TO NUDGE TEMPERATURE UP EVEN FURTHER WITH BERMUDA HIGH MAIN INFLUENCE ACROSS THE AREA. MARINE: LOW PRES OFFSHORE IS INTENSIFYING AS IT MOVES NE AND HAS THE WIND FIELD CYCLONICALLY CURVED ACROSS EASTERN NC. FPSN7 HAS SOMEHOW MAINTAINED A SW DIRECTION THROUGH ALL THIS. THROW THE SEABREEZE CIRCULATION INTO THE MIX...AND VARIABLE IS ABOUT THE BEST DESCRIPTION FOR DIRECTION THIS AFTN. WINDS SHOULD BECOME NE TONIGHT FROM N->S AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE AREA. FRONT SHOULD BE NEAR THE SANTEE RIVER BY 12Z SAT. SPEEDS WILL REMAIN RATHER LIGHT AND WELL BELOW ANY HEADLINE CRITERIA THROUGH THE PERIOD. FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK WILL FEATURE A SLOW VEERING OF THE WINDS TO THE SW BY WED. FCSTID = 27 ILM 73 88 69 88 / 30 20 10 10 LBT 71 89 66 88 / 30 20 10 10 FLO 72 90 68 89 / 30 20 10 10 MYR 74 88 70 88 / 30 20 10 10 .ILM... NC...HEAT ADVISORY ENTIRE CWA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SC...HEAT ADVISORY ENTIRE CWA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DIGIORGI/TRA
NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-052300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1055 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL DUMP MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. ANYONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA ARE ADVISED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/ILM DIGIORGI
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Ebeneizer Baptist Church was struck by lightning. No significant damage reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 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: 5316130.