1 lightning, 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 Jul 3, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 330 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... ONE MORE NIGHT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS EVENING CONVECTION. 5H VORT TO LIFT SLOWLY NORTH OF THE FA BY 12Z SUNDAY. THIS WILL TAKE 1 OF THE TRIGGERS AWAY FROM THE FA. WILL CONTINUE WITH ATLEAST 30 POPS ACROSS THE FA DURING SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED SFC BOUNDARIES AND ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE TO WARRANT...VIA MODEL SOUNDINGS. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE FA MONDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE WORD FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE HOT. INLAND SFC TROF ON MONDAY MAKES ITS WAY TO AND OFF THE COAST ON TUESDAY. SOMEWHAT IN DIFFERENT IN BELIEVING ANY CYCLOGENESIS OFF THE CAROLINA COASTS TUE OR WED AT THIS TIME BY THE MODELS...WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL MODEL RUNS FOR ADDITIONAL VERIFICATION. THIS SCENARIO CONTINUES THE HOT TEMPERATURES AS THE WESTERLY SFC FLOW AIDS. SHULD SEE A BONAFIDE SEA BREEZE DURING THIS TIME FRAME HOWEVER TEMPS ALOFT WILL BEE TOO WARM AND THUS CAPPING THE ATMOSPHERE FOR ANY CONVECTION. WILL CONTINUE THE APPROACH OF THE SFC FRONT FROM THE NORTH LATE THU AND FRI...AND KEEP THE 40 POPS ALTHO THIS SEEMS TOO HIGH. NOT ENUF EVIDENCE TO SWAY ME LOWER ALTHOUGH IT WOULDNT TAKE MUCH. LONG TERM MODELS WASH OUT THIS SFC BOUNDARY WITH GFS INDICATING UPPER FLOW TO PROGRESS WITH HINTS OF AN UPPER TROF TO REPLACE THE UPPER RIDGE THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... SEA BREEZE MOVING INLAND WITH COASTAL TERMINALS REPORTING S TO SW WINDS AROUND 10KT. FURTHER INLAND WINDS REMAIN SW TO W 5 TO 10 KT. SHRA/TSRA HAVE BEGUN DEVELOPING WITH ALL TERMINALS CARRYING TEMPO MVFR AND GUSTY WINDS TAKING STORMS INTO ACCOUNT. MVFR VISIBILITIES AGAIN 03Z-12Z FOR ALL TERMINALS BUT REMOVED MENTION OF COASTAL SHRA. MAY SEE ISO SHRA IN THE 06Z-12Z WINDOW BUT THINK PATCHY FOG WILL HAVE MORE TO DO WITH MVFR THAN PRECIP. NO MENTION OF PRECIP FOR SUN WITH VFR CONDITIONS FOR ALL TERMINALS BY 13Z. ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE CROSSES THE REGION TOMORROW BUT ANY SHRA/TSRA LOOKS TO BE BEYOND 18Z. && .MARINE... SHORT WAVE MOVING OVER THE AREA THIS AFTN PUSHES OFF THE COAST TONIGHT WITH NOCTURNAL SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. SW FLOW CONTINUES TONIGHT THROUGH MON WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO AROUND 15 KT LAT MON AS PRES GRAD TIGHTENS AS SFC TROF APPROACHES. SEAS IN THE 2 TO 3 FT RANGE THROUGH SUN NIGHT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT MON. DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK SFC LOW NEAR HATTERAS AT 00Z WED AND ITS SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT SEEMS A LITTLE ODD...BUT GIVEN RECENT PATTERN WOULD NOT BE A SHOCKER. GUIDANCE PUSHING FOR NW WIND DIR VERGING ON N. GOING WITH A COMPROMISE OF PREVIOUS FORECAST AND LATEST GUIDANCE RUNS. ONE ITEM OF NOTE IS THE 00Z ECMWF WHICH PUSHES THE TROF TO THE COAST LATE TUE THEN LOOSES THE FEATURE...BUT AGAIN THAT WAS THE 00Z RUN AND 12Z RUN IS NOT YET AVAILABLE. BEHIND SFC TROF WINDS GO W WITH A SLIGHT NW HINT EARLY WED BEFORE WIND DIR CREEPS BACK TO SW LATE WED REMAINING SW THROUGH THU. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RALF/DCH/HOEHLER LONG TERM...HOEHLER/RALF AVIATION...TRL MARINE...LEBO/TRL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR WATERSPOUT RISK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 510 AM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-041000- BLADEN-BRUNSWICK-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-GEORGETOWN- HORRY-MARION-MARLBORO-NEW HANOVER-PENDER-ROBESON-WILLIAMSBURG- 510 AM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP YET AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TWO CAROLINAS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 76 WHICH RUNS FROM WILMINGTON THROUGH MARION TO FLORENCE...AND ALSO ALONG THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY WHICH RUNS ABOUT 10 MILES INLAND FROM THE BEACHES. WITH THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OVER SMALL AREAS. SINCE SOME LOCATIONS HAVE PICKED UP NEARLY 10 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY. ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OCEAN SHOULD BE MOVING IN AN OFFSHORE DIRECTION TODAY WHICH WILL LIMIT ANY IMPACTS TO LAND AREAS. PLEASE RELAY ANY WATERSPOUT REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT FOR RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH NEXT WEEK...BUT WILL BE REPLACED BY HOT TEMPERATURES. ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL REACH INTO THE MID 90S. WHEN COUPLED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...THE HEAT INDEX COULD REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ILM TRA
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 21 year old woman was struck by lightning while on her front porch. She was taken to the hospital. The extent of her injuries is unknown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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