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 8, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 945 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 .SHORT TERM UPDATE... ONLY SUBTLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES INDICATE MAX TEMPS A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE SEA BREEZE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE EASIER TIME GIVEN WEAKER WESTERLY FLOW IN LOW LEVELS. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY BUT H7 TEMPS ARE ONLY ABOUT A DEGREE COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. EXPECT ISOLATED TS ACTIVITY ON A RESULTANT TYPE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. ALL THESE TRENDS ARE HANDLED WELL IN THE CURRENT ZFP SO NO UPDATE PLANNED. && .MARINE... WINDS WEST AT 8 KTS WITH SEAS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OUT AT 41013 THIS MORNING. TIGHTENING GRADIENT BETWEEN PIEDMONT TROF AND WEAK WESTLANT RIDGE...IN COMBINATION WITH AFTERNOON SEABREEZE NEAR SHORE...WILL BACK WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KTS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SEAS OF AROUND 2 FT. NO FLAGS ON THE HORIZON. && .AVIATION... SOME MID CLOUD ALONG THE COAST SHOULD MOVE OUT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY SCT CU THROUGH THIS EVENING. POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE SEA BREEZE...BUT NOT LIKELY. SOME LIGHT FOG POSSIBLE WITH RADIATIONAL COOLING AND LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST FLOW IN THE MORNING TOMORROW...BECOMING SOUTH WITH RESULTANT WIND IN THE AFTERNOON. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && .ILM FORECAST TEAM... SHORT-TERM: RAS MARINE: KREITNER AVIATION: DL && PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (220 AM EDT): .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... HEAT INDICES TODAY WILL BE A LITTLE LOWER COMPARED TO YESTERDAY... REGARDLESS HOT/MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. EXPECT THE HEAT INDEX TO BE AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON...SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN A FEW AREAS. OTHERWISE...AN ELONGATED AREA OF VORTICITY CENTERED ACROSS EASTERN PA EXTENDS SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN NC. THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST AND UPPER DIFLUENCE WILL NOT BE AS PRONOUNCED ACROSS NC. EXPECT ONLY WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG A RATHER DIFFUSE INLAND TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE RESULTANT SEA BREEZE MAY PROVIDE SOME WEAK SMALL SCALE LIFT BUT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN CLOSE TO THE COAST. BUFKIT INDICATES SOME CONVECTIVE INHIBITION SO AT THIS POINT CAN NOT JUSTIFY EXCEEDING A 20 POP ONLY GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED WEAK MECHANISMS WORK WITH. UPPER LOW CURRENTLY ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL TRANSLATE INTO NEW ENGLAND LATE TONIGHT. AS A RESULT HEIGHTS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY. THINK THERE WILL BE EVEN LESS COVERAGE IN DIURNAL CONVECTION FRI. FOR MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES HAVE FOLLOWED A BLEND OF MAV/FWC NUMBERS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL EARLY IN THE EXTENDED... THEN IT WILL SHIFT WESTWARD TOWARD THE LOWER MS VALLEY SUN. ALTHOUGH THE GFS IS CONTAMINATED WITH FEEDBACK WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR IMPULSES TRAVERSING THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. HAVE FOLLOWED A SIMILAR TREND TO THE MEX POPS MON-WED TIME FRAME. LOOKS LIKE MAX TEMPERATURES ARE STUCK IN THE 90S THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND EXTENDED PERIODS. && .MARINE... THE COMBINATION OF BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE AND LEE SIDE TROUGHING WILL KEEP THE SW FLOW IN PLACE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED WILL VARY SLIGHTLY DUE TO NORMAL DIURNAL TRENDS...MAINLY THE SEABREEZE. EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN AT 15 KT OR LESS...WITH SEAS NO GREATER THAN 2 OR 3 FT. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY. THE ONLY EXCEPTION MAY BE AT MYR WHERE MORNING HAZE COULD BRING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO MVFR LEVELS...AND THIS WILL BE COVERED WITH A TEMPO GROUP. AFTERNOON CUMULUS FORMATION IS POSSIBLE...BUT SHOULD BE SCATTERED AT BEST. DEBRIS HIGH CLOUDINESS SHOULD AFFECT THE AREA ONCE AGAIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BACK TO THE SW AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AT ALL TERMINALS...WITH A RESULTANT SEABREEZE ALLOWING WINDS TO BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AT MYR EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SHORT/LONG TERM: PFAFF MARINE/AVIATION: JAQ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 449 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-081448- BLADEN-BRUNSWICK-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-GEORGETOWN- HORRY-MARION-MARLBORO-NEW HANOVER-PENDER-ROBESON-WILLIAMSBURG- 449 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 99 TO 103 LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SRP
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds damaged the roofs of several businesses downtown. Several trees were blown down.
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