1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 11, 1:30 PM EST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 230 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 SHORT RANGE TONIGHT-SUN NIGHT: POTENTIAL FOR SVR WX LATER THIS AFTN THROUGH THE EVENING AS A VORT AXIS MOVES INTO THE AREA. THERE IS PLENTY OF INSTABILITY TO WORK W/ AND THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRE AS CONVERGENCE INCREASES INLAND. THE WEAK FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE CAROLINAS AND WEAKEN FURTHER TONIGHT...BUT NOT MAKING IT TO THE COAST. THE TROF AXIS WILL SLIP OFF THE COAST SAT MORNING AND IT APPEARS MUCH DRIER AIR...ESP ABV H8 PER TIME-HGT CROSS SECTIONS WILL BRIEFLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LIMITING CHANCES FOR RAFL SAT. WILL KEEP A SMALL POP PRIMARILY FOR THE COAST FOR SAT. AMS TRANSITIONS BY SUN AS DEEPER SWLY FLOW DEVELOPS IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER S/WV DROPPING INTO THE TROF ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION. WILL NEED TO BRING BACK A SMALL POP SAT NIGHT...THEN CHANCE POPS SUN THROUGH SUN NIGHT. TEMPS A BLEND OF GUIDANCE. EXTENDED: MON THROUGH FRI...STALLED COLD FRONT...JUST TO NW... WILL RETROGRADE BACK TO NW ON MON. IN RESPONSE TO STRONG RIDGE IN W...UPPER TROUGH WILL STILL BE ALIGNED ALONG THE EAST COAST MON INTO TUE WITH A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES DROPPING INTO BASE. TROUGH BEGINS TO SLOWLY LIFT OUT OF SE STATES TUE AND TUE NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO SLIGHT DEAMPLIFICATION/REORIENTATION OF STRONG W RIDGE. THIS SHOULD ALLOW W PERIPHERY OF BERMUDA RIDGE TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA...ITS INFLUENCE SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THU. GFS INDICATING A TROPICAL LOW WILL MOVE N FROM CARIBBEAN ACROSS FL...AND THEN UP THE SE COAST NEXT FRI NIGHT/SAT...FOLLOWING ALONG A WEAKNESS BETWEEN BERMUDA RIDGE AND TROFFINESS TO NW. WAVEWATCH LOOKS REASONABLE FOR THE ILM01 FCST POINT. THE SWELL COUPLED W/ SOUTHERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE W/ RIP CURRENT PROBLEMS FOR THE S FACING BEACHES. MARINE TONIGHT-SUN NIGHT: SEAS RUNNING BETWEEN 6 TO 7 FT (WHEN THE WAVE SENSOR HAS WORKED) AT FRYING PAN W/ SPEEDS 20 TO 25 KT. PLAN ON CONTINUING W/ A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...AND ANY CONVECTION TONIGHT OUGHT TO MAKE CONDITIONS VERY GUSTY. S OR SW FLOW WILL PERSIST TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THE FP...HOWEVER THE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SAT NIGHT INTO SUN. MARINE MON-WED: SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN W THROUGH THE PERIOD AS BERMUDA RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS. WEAK GRAD SHOULD YIELD WINDS 15 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 2-3 FT. FCSTID = 29 ILM 73 89 72 87 / 50 20 20 30 FLO 71 91 71 89 / 50 10 20 30 LBT 71 90 70 88 / 50 10 20 30 MYR 73 86 73 84 / 50 20 20 30 .ILM... .NC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SURF CITY TO LITTLE RIVER INLET. .SC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LITTLE RIVER INLET TO S SANTEE RIVER. PFAFF/DIGIORGI
NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-120200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 310 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA ND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE SOUTH FACING BEACHES FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG AND PERSISTENT ONSHORE WIND MAY HELP TO GENERATE RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY COAST. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREAT PEE DEE RIVER. SEE THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NWS WILMINGTON NC FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SPOTTER NETWORK HAS ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED. DIGIORGI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
0740 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0737 PM FLORENCE SC 67 MPH WIND GUST
07/11/03 FLORENCE REPORTED BY ASOS AT
FLORENCE AIRPORT.
RANNCZ087-096-099-SCZ034-046-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 800 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST... AT 755 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR DILLON TO LANE...SOUTH OF KINGSTREE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BLADEN... COLUMBUS...GEORGETOWN...HORRY AND ROBESON COUNTIES BETWEEN 800 AND 900 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY HAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING AN INCH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE FAIRMONT...FAIR BLUFF...WHITEVILLE...AYNOR...CONWAY...AND ANDREWS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY FOR INTENSIFICATION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THESE STORMS MAY TURN SEVERE...REQUIRING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS...SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. RAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
0814 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0803 PM MARION SC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 MARION SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED IN MARION.
RANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
0824 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 PM EARLES SC DOWNBURST
07/11/03 WILLIAMSBURG TREE REPORTED DOWN ON
WILLOW ROAD
TMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
0848 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0844 PM ORRUM NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 ROBESON ROBESON COUNTY 911
REPORTED TREES DOWNED NEAR
ORRUM.
RANNCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-046-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 913 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 727 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR DARLINGTON...DILLON...FLORENCE...MARLBORO...MARION...ROBESON... AND WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WARRANTED THE WATCH HAVE MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR DARLINGTON...DILLON...FLORENCE...MARLBORO... MARION...ROBESON...AND WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES OR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. RAN
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Pender county electric company reported trees down in Willard. A large tree was also reported down in Watha.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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