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 Jun 11, 4:23 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 523 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 LATEST 88D COVERAGE SHOWS AN INCREASING TREND AWAY FROM THE COAST. SEA-BREEZE BNDRY AIDING THE DEVELOPMENT AS IT PUSHES FURTHER INLAND. WILL UPDATE INLAND ZONES FROM 20 TO 40 POPS. -RALF- .......PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW.................................... SEABREEZE BOUNDARY HAS MOVED INTO COASTAL COUNTIES...WITH MOSTLY SCATTERED CUMULUS WEST OF THE BOUNDARY. WITH NO UPPER LEVEL MECHANISM...ISOLATED SHOWERS/TSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNDOWN WITH MOSTLY SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. CONTINUING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY THU. UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING MOVING INTO THE MS VALLEY WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE INTO GREAT LAKES AREA LATE THU...AND A FEED OF GULF MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN WESTERN PEE DEE COUNTIES LAT THU...AND AS THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH NEW ENGLAND ON FRI THE DEEP GULF TAP WILL SPREAD FURTHER E...WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE REACHING THE COAST LATE SAT AS ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPS OVER MEMPHIS. FORECAST WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE W...INCREASING EASTWARD FRI AND SAT. LONGER RANGE...WET TROUGHING OVER THE AREA FROM THE LOWER MIDWEST LOW AND COOL SURFACE RIDGING OVER THE NE STATES WILL BRING A BACKDOOR FRONT ACROSS VA AND INTO SC SUN NIGHT-MON AND SETTLING INTO THE AREA...WITH THE LOW OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY EARLY NEXT WEEK CONTINUING TO CIRCULATE A MOIST GULF FLOW INTO THE AREA. CWF: EXPECT S TO SW WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WIND SPEEDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA LEVELS THROUGH THE PERIOD THOUGH WINDS COULD HIT 20 KT AT TIMES THU AND FRI. ON MONDAY... EXPECT FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA RESULTING IN WINDS SHIFTING FROM SW TO N-NE. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...UPDATED LBT AND FLO 1ST PERIOD POPS ILM 073/090 073/089 1223 LBT 071/091 071/089 4456 FLO 071/092 071/089 4456 MYR 073/087 073/086 1223 .ILM... .NC...NONE. .SC...NONE. PUBLIC: TM MARINE: RAN
NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-111200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 549 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 100 DEGREES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS AND MORE ISOLATED ALONG THE COAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER INLAND...AVERAGING ABOUT A HALF INCH...WITH LOCALLY UP TO AN INCH. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS COASTAL AREAS WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE GREAT PEE DEE RIVER. FLOODING WILL SUBSIDE ALONG THE LUMBER RIVER AS THE RIVER CONTINUES A SLOW RECESSION BELOW FLOOD STAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE GREAT PEE DEE RIVER...CRESTING LATE IN THE WEEK AND THEN BEGINNING A GRADUAL RECESSION NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. DIGIORGI
SCZ017-112245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 545 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING OVER NORTHWEST MARLBORO COUNTY... AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING OVER WALLACE...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHERAW....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS MUCH RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS FULTON...THEN EXIT THE COUNTY BY 630 PM EDT. JAQ
SCZ017-024-032-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 755 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER FLORENCE COUNTY... AT 755 PM EDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG I-95 ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF FLORENCE COUNTY. THE STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND STRADDLE THE MARLBORO AND DILLON COUNTY LINES THROUGH 900 PM. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND QUICK 1 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN TIMMONSVILLE AND OLANTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL REACH FLORENCE BY 815 PM. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS TOTALLING AROUND 1 INCH WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. HOEHLER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
0840 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM FLORENCE SC 0.75 IN HAIL
06/11/03 FLORENCE FLORENCE COUNTY 911 CENTER
REPORTED THREE QUARTER INCH
HAIL.
JAQThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were reported down on the north side of Mechanicsville. One of the trees fell on a car.
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