1 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 25, 7:50 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 850 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003 UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN ACROSS SE CANADA/INVOF GRT LKS...W/ ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY LIFTING ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. POSN OF THESE FEATURES HAS ENHANCED THE UPPER DIFFLUENCE ACROSS THE REGION. THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING AROUND THE FRINGES OF THE ILM CWA (MINUS THE MARINE AREAS)...BUT ESP ALONG THE WEAK TROF THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS. SEA BREEZE PROGRESSED FAR INLAND TODAY...ESP INTO SC WHICH HAS ENHANCED THE BLYR CONVERGENCE. EARLIER CONVECTION COUPLED W/ THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD STORMS TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ENOUGH INSTABILITY WILL LINGER...THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL SCALE BOUNDARIES INVOF AND W/ ADDITIONAL IMPULSES TONIGHT WILL HOLD ON TO LOW CHANCE POPS. COULD BE PERIODS OF M/CLOUDY SKIES GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS AROUND...OVERALL P/CLOUDY SHOULD WORK. WILL ISSUE UPDATE FOR SMALL TWEAKS FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...OTHERWISE THE FCST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. MARINE: SE FLOW WILL VEER TO THE SW OVERNIGHT. SPEEDS MAY BE CLOSER TO 15 KT ONCE THE SW PRES GRAD SETS UP. SEAS ARE AROUND 5 FT...AND A LARGE PART OF THAT IS SWELL ENERGY PER SPECTRAL DENSITY PLOTS AT FRYING PAN. USCG WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH REPORTS 1 TO 3 FT SEAS W/ IN 10 NM. CURRENT CWF LOOKS GOOD...ONLY MINOR CHANGES...IF ANY...W/ THE NEXT UPDATE. FCSTID = 29 PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... ILM 68 82 67 80 / 30 50 50 30 LBT 65 83 64 81 / 30 50 50 30 FLO 66 84 65 82 / 30 50 50 30 MYR 68 81 67 78 / 30 50 50 30 .ILM... .NC...NONE. .SC...NONE. PFAFF
NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-251700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1107 AM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WITH A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG ALL EAST FACING BEACHES TODAY. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREAT PEE DEE AT PEE DEE WHERE MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST...AND FOR THE CAPE FEAR AT ELIZABETHTOWN WHERE MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. JAQ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME OF EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
0227 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0225 PM 2 NW FAIRMONT NC 0.75 IN HAIL
05/25/03 ROBESON
43/JAQPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
0545 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0542 PM KELLY NC 0.25 IN HAIL
05/25/03 BLADEN WINDS 35 MPH AND HEAVY
RAINFALL
0542 PM KELLY NC 0.25 IN HAIL
05/25/03 BLADEN WINDS 35 MPH HEAVY RAIN
XXXSCZ017-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 759 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF MARLBORO COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN SOCIETY HILL AND BLENHEIM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE BLENHEIM...DUNBAR AND CLIO AREAS AS IT MOVES EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SRP
SCZ017-024-260200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 855 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE PEE DEE AREA THROUGH 10 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM BLENHEIM TO DUNBAR AND CLIO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT RURAL EASTERN PORTIONS OF MARLBORO COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAYS 381 AND 9 PRIOR TO MOVING INTO DILLON COUNTY. IN DILLON COUNTY...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MINTURN AND LITTLE ROCK AS IT MOVES EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...INTERSECTIONS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SRP
NCZ087-260230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 925 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT ROBESON COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN HOKE COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST...AND SKIRT THE NORTHERN TIP OF ROBESON COUNTY AROUND 930 PM. THOUGH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE COUNTY LINE...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL LIKELY AFFECT RED SPRINGS...PARKTON...AND POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS ST PAULS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM IN SOUTH CAROLINA WILL ENTER ROBESON COUNTY NEAR ROWLAND AROUND 945 PM...AND CROSS INTERSTATE 95 SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM. EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH BOTH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING...EVEN IF IT IS NOT YET RAINING AT YOUR LOCATION. GO INSIDE AND REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. RAS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm winds blew over a mobile home a blew part of the roof off another. Several trees were down, with one falling on another mobile home. The winds also blew the roofs off of two barns. No injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2003
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: 5355303.