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 Sep 22, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 330 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MID TO LATE AFTN ON TUE. BEST OMEGA AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE MOVING THROUGH A COUPLE HRS EITHER SIDE OF 12Z. LOOKS LIKE A SHORT-LIVED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. WENT W/LIKELY POPS INTO TUE. MODELS GOING FOR RAPID CLEARING BY TUE AFTN. GIVEN TROUGH BECOMES MORE NEGATIVELY TILTED AS IT REACHES THE COAST...WILL HOLD ONTO PRECIPITATION INTO AFTN AND GO W/CLEARING LATER IN DAY AND EVE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. FRONT WILL SLOW TO A CRAWL OVER COASTAL WATERS OR JUST TO E AND SO POPS NOT DROPPED BELOW THRESHOLD ACROSS COASTAL WATERS UNTIL WED NIGHT. LONGWAVE TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH AMERICA (CANADA TO GULF OF MEXICO) WITH SERIES OF FRONTAL PASSAGES AT THE SURFACE LATER FORECAST PERIODS. TIMING OF THESE FRONTS BRINGS ONE BOUNDARY THROUGH FRI AND THEN PERHAPS AGAIN SUN-MON AS UPPER TROUGH EDGES TOWARD THE E COAST. COOL AND PERHAPS WET...ESPECIALLY IF GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE GETS ENTRAINED INTO SYSTEM OVER THE WEEKEND. MARINE: SEAS AROUND 4 FT AT FPSN7 WITH SE WINDS AROUND 20 KT. WW3 SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON CURRENT CONDITIONS...WILL GO WITH SEAS NEAR WW3 GUIDANCE FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD. INCREASING WINDS FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY TUE...ANTICIPATING STRONG CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF ADVANCING COLD FRONT. FRONT MAY LINGER OVER THE WATERS TUE NIGHT BUT SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE REGION ON WED. NO LARGE CHANGES TO THINKING FOR WED THRU FRI PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE OVER THE REGION AND THEN OFFSHORE BY LATER FRI AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARDS THE REGION. COLD FRONT PASSES LATE FRI EARLY SAT...WITH SHWRS POSSIBLE. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... ILM 071/082 062/081 7700 LBT 069/082 058/081 7700 FLO 069/083 059/082 7700 MYR 071/083 062/081 7700 .ILM... .NC...NONE. .SC...NONE. PUBLIC...DIGIORGI MARINE...TRL
NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 310 AM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. REK
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew eight trees down on Lee Drive, Factory Road, and Second Street.
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, September 2003
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