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 Jul 9, 7:45 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 845 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 PUBLIC: SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER THE CWA THIS EVENING AS A MORE SUBSTANTIAL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DROPS SOUTH TOWARDS THE CWA FROM THE NORTH. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE STRONG...AND EVEN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SO AS THEY CROSS INTO OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES ON THE NC SIDE OF THE BORDER. WILL UPDATE MAINLY THE NC ZONES TO REFLECT THIS NEW REALITY BY UPPING POPS AND CLOUD COVER. MARINE: MAIN ADJUSTMENT TO THE CWF WILL BE TO MENTION THE FEW TSRA THAT MIGHT MAKE IT OVER MY NORTHERN WATERS LATER THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE SW FLOW UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. .ILM... .NC...NONE. .SC...NONE. PUBLIC: KREITNER MARINE: RAS
NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-091315- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 317 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE GREAT PEE DEE...LITTLE PEE DEE...AND LUMBER RIVERS. SEE THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT ISSUED BY NWS WILMINGTON FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOEHLER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
0412 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM 3 W BENNETTSVILLE SC 0.88 IN HAIL
07/09/03 MARLBORO
CRMNCZ096-100230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 929 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 ...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS TO AFFECT BLADEN COUNTY... THROUGH 1030 PM...APPROACHING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTH WINDS GUSTING NEAR 40 MPH ACROSS BLADEN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY...WHERE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HAIL... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE STORMS FOR STRENGTHENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. RAS
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Bladen 911 reported trees down on Hwy 53 between White Oak and the Cumberland county line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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