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A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud.
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NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 12, 12:33 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 133 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM THE NORTH ON SATURDAY... BRINGING DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR INTO THE CAROLINAS FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/... DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS DROPPED INTO THE ILM CWA...WITH DRIER AIR POISED JUST TO THE NORTH. LAST OF NOCTURNAL PRECIP HAS FINALLY DIED OUT...LEAVING US HIGH AND DRY FOR THE TIME BEING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A SHEARED OUT VORT JUST REACHING THE NW CORNER OF GEORGIA. BIGGEST NEAR TERM QUESTION IS THE CHANCE FOR PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON. RUC SHOWS STABLE AIR INTO THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...THO I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE 60ISH DEWPOINTS TO THE NORTH WILL QUITE MAKE IT. GFS HAS BEEN DISCOUNTED DUE TO FEEDBACK ISSUES. EXPECT THE VORT MAX TO BE SHEARED OUT TO OUR NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOT ENOUGH MOISTURE IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES TO JUSTIFY MORE THAN SLIGHT CHANCE THERE. FARTHER SOUTH THE BETTER INSOLATION SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT KEEPING THE LIKELY POPS ACROSS MY FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES...WHILE CUTTING BACK TO CHANCE IN BETWEEN. MAX TEMPS WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON THE DEGREE OF CLOUD COVER...AND WILL NOT TAKE MUCH SUNSHINE FOR A BUST TO OCCUR. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GOING TEMP FORECAST. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS CURRENTLY JUST OFFSHORE WILL BECOME SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH ACROSS FLORIDA FRIDAY...THEN RETROGRADE WEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS WEEKEND AS A SERIES OF STRONG UPPER TROUGHS DIVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND CARVE OUT A LONGWAVE EAST COAST TROUGH. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL NEAR THE SANTEE RIVER THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY RETURN NORTH TO AROUND MYRTLE BEACH TO FLORENCE THURSDAY...REMAINING THERE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE FRONT WILL PUSH NORTH INTO NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY AS WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY THROUGHOUT THE AREA AHEAD OF A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT FOR THE WEEKEND. A WELL-DEFINED UPPER DISTURBANCE IS PREDICTED BY BOTH THE NAM AND GFS TO BE TRAVERSING THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE BULK OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD SCOOT OFFSHORE BY MIDNIGHT. BEHIND THIS DISTURBANCE DOWNWARD MOTION WILL LEAD TO MID-LEVEL DRYING AND A LULL IN PRECIPITATION COVERAGE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THURSDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. MODELS SUGGEST A SECOND UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN CAROLINAS THURSDAY NIGHT...POTENTIALLY ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER CONCENTRATED AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. HOWEVER COMPARED TO YESTERDAY BOTH MODELS APPEAR SOMEWHAT DRIER IN THE MID LEVELS (700-500 MB) BEYOND TONIGHT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SHOULD STILL HOVER AROUND TWO INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY WHICH IS SUFFICIENT FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. SO FAR WE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE HPC EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OUTLOOK. HAVE NUDGED HIGH TEMPERATURES UP A DEGREE OR TWO IN SPOTS COMPARED TO FORECASTS 24 HOURS AGO...NOW GENERALLY 84-87 THURSDAY AND 83-85 FRIDAY. THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS OR LULLS IN SHOWER ACTIVITY. POOR NIGHTTIME RADIATIONAL COOLING MEANS TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL TO NEAR THE DEWPOINT BUT NO LOWER...GENERALLY 69-73. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... UNSETTLED WX EXPECTED FRI INTO SAT WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERING OVER THE AREA. NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHAT IN THE GFS IS A REAL IMPULSE AND WHAT IS FEEDBACK...BUT IT WILL ONLY TAKE SO MUCH TO TRIGGER PRECIP IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. WILL GO WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS FRI-SAT AND ALLOW LATER SHIFTS TO NARROW DOWN WINDOWS FOR HIGHER POPS. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP DIURNAL TEMP RANGES SMALLER THAN CLIMO. STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES THRU SAT NIGHT AS A BROAD UPPER TROF TAKES HOLD OVER THE EASTERN U.S. STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MEAN A SIGNIFICANT AIRMASS CHANGE...WITH BOTH MAX AND MIN TEMPS A CATEGORY BELOW CLIMO SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HELD ON TO A SLIGHT CHANCE POP INTO SUNDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL THAT THE FRONT DOES NOT GET FAR ENOUGH SOUTH...WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST DRY. DEWPOINTS COULD DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND MAKE FOR SOME VERY LOW RH EVEN IN THE COOLER AIRMASS. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... DIFFICULT FORECAST WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPPED OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. THINK WE WILL ONLY SEE SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS NORTH OF THE FRONT...WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH...WITH THE BREAKPOINT ILM AND POINTS SOUTH. THINK FLO AND LBT WILL STAY IN THE MORE STABLE AIR. MODELS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT IN TAKING CEILINGS/VIS DOWN OVER LBT AND FLO TONIGHT WITH WEAK EAST NORTHEAST FLOW. WINDS WILL BE EAST SOUTHEAST ON THURSDAY...WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. FRONT WILL WAVE BACK NORTHWARD LATE THURSDAY...ADVECTING SHOWERS AND STORMS NORTHWARD. SCATTERED STORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH BEST CHANCE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/... WIND FIELD GETTING WEAKER WITH THE FRONT IN THE AREA...WITH NW WINDS NOW OBSERVED OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS. SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED TO 4 FT AND WILL CONTINUE TO COME DOWN...SO ALL HEADLINES HAVE BEEN REMOVED. LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE DAY WITH THE FRONT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. DIRECTION COULD GO VARIABLE FOR A WHILE...BUT SHOULD COME AROUND TO SE AS A SEABREEZE SETS UP IN THE AFTERNOON. SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... MODELS NOW SHOW THE COLD FRONT MAKING IT ALL THE DOWN TO THE SANTEE RIVER THIS EVENING...BUT ONLY BRIEFLY REMAINING THERE BEFORE RETURNING NORTH TO NEAR THE NC/SC STATE LINE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE SOUTHWARD ADJUSTMENT TO THE FRONTAL POSITION FORECAST...THERE IS NOW SOME POTENTIAL FOR A NORTHEASTERLY SURGE EVENT TO MAKE IT INTO THE WATERS NORTH OF CAPE FEAR ON THURSDAY. THE NAM SHOWS THIS EFFECT MORE CLEARLY THAN THE GFS...ALTHOUGH IT STILL APPEARS THE STRONGER WINDS SHOULD REMAIN UP IN THE CAPE LOOKOUT AREA. OTHERWISE WITH THE FRONT STALLED IN THE AREA WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD BECOME QUITE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS LESS THAN 3 FT ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...EXCEPT AROUND 3 FT NORTH OF CAPE FEAR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH THE POSSIBLE NE SURGE. LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE AREA EARLY SAT WILL RESULT IN A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND REGIME. A STRONGER FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THE AREA SAT NIGHT AND BRING WINDS AROUND TO NE. STILL NOT REAL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THE POST-FRONTAL SURGE...BUT FOR NOW WILL GO WITH A SOLID 15 KT. WILL LIKELY NEED TO BEEF THIS UP AS IT GETS CLOSER...BUT WITH THAT SHOULD COME SOME REFINEMENT IN THE TIMING. SEAS WILL LARGELY FOLLOW WW3 GUIDANCE...WITH 2-3 FT SAT BUILDING UP TO 3-5 FT BY LATE SUNDAY. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...RAS AVIATION...DL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 601 AM EDT WED SEP 12 2007 AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039- 046-130900- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-ROBESON-BLADEN- PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- 601 AM EDT WED SEP 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED HOWEVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED HOWEVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TRA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 214 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2007 SCZ034-046-121915- HORRY-GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...GEORGETOWN 214 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING INTENSE LIGHTNING ALONG THE GRAND STRAND... THROUGH 3 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY COASTAL LOCATIONS FROM MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH TO PAWLEYS ISLAND. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. RAS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 317 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2007 SCZ046-122015- GEORGETOWN- 317 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS GEORGETOWN COUNTY... AT 3:20 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS GEORGETOWN COUNTY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF SAMPIT TO JUST SOUTH OF PLANTERSVILLE. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST...NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET...GRAVES...JACKSON...LAMBERT...LITCHFIELD BEACH...NORTH SANTEE...OATLAND...PLANTERSVILLE...SAMPIT...YAUHANNAH AND PAWLEYS ISLAND. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM. 15
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Skywarn net controller for NWS Wilmington NC reported a funnel cloud over the Cape Fear river at the State Port in Wilmington.
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