Localized heavy rain was reported in northeast Brunswick County.
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Localized heavy rain was reported in northeast Brunswick County.
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 Aug 16, 2:32 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 332 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM SUNDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE AS A WHOLE HAS VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT OVER THE CAROLINAS TODAY. SURFACE WINDS ARE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AWAY FROM THE SEABREEZE...AND EVEN IT ONLY HAS GENERATED WIND SPEEDS OF 8-10 MPH. CONVECTION HAS BEEN VERY ISOLATED IN NATURE BUT STILL HAS A COUPLE MORE HOURS TO POSSIBLY DEVELOP BEFORE LOSS OF HEATING. INSTABILITY IS MODERATE WITH CAPE IN THE 500-1000 J/KG RANGE AND LIFTED INDICES -2 TO -3. A PLUME OF MID-LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD FROM TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS SHOWN BY THE MODELS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...PERHAPS DRIFTING A LITTLE MORE TO THE NORTH BY MONDAY MORNING. 500 MB TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO OVERNIGHT BUT WITHOUT ANY EASILY IDENTIFIABLE TRIGGER CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN QUITE ISOLATED. AFTER 8 PM WE WILL ONLY INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/STORMS FROM THE PEE DEE REGION INTO LUMBERTON AND ELIZABETHTOWN...CLOSEST TO THE DENSER MOISTURE STREAM AND COOLER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES. DEPENDING ON WHAT SKY COVER DOES TONIGHT LOWS COULD VARY SEVERAL DEGREES OR SO WITHIN THE SAME COUNTY. FOR NOW IT APPEARS ENOUGH CLOUDS WILL HOLD AROUND FOR LOWS TO REACH 68-70 INLAND AND 70-72 AT THE COAST. THESE PROJECTED TEMPERATURES ARE AT/BELOW CURRENT DEWPOINTS AND WE COULD HAVE SOME POCKETS OF DENSE FOG AND LOW STRATUS CLOUDS AROUND COME DAYBREAK. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM SUNDAY...MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A VERY WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN AT THE SURFACE. ON MONDAY...A PASSING H5 TROUGH MAY AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS. BY TUESDAY...THIS WAVE IS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AND FOCUS FOR ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE THE SEA BREEZE AND PIEDMONT TROUGH. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL BOTH DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S MONDAY WITH MORE LOW TO MID 90S EXPECTED TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 3 PM SUNDAY...UPPER PATTERN OVER THE EASTERN US WILL SHIFT FROM RIDGING TO LONG WAVE TROFFING BY NEXT WEEKEND. COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE CAROLINAS FROM THE NORTHWEST FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AND REACHES THE AREA SUN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW MID LEVEL CAPPING ON SAT DESPITE THE UPPER TROF MOVING IN. THIS COULD BE A RESULT OF SUBSIDENCE FROM TS BILL AS IT PASSES WELL OFF THE EAST COAST. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE STORM WILL HOLD ONTO CHANCE POPS AHEAD AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT NEXT WEEKEND...THOUGH SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SAT WILL BE DRIER AND WARMER. HIGHS START OUT SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO BUT TRANSITION TO NEAR CLIMO READINGS BY THE WEEKEND. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 3 TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH A MID CLOUD CEILING IN AND OUT TODAY. MODELS INDICATE ONLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE AND INLAND ALONG A CHANNEL OF RICH MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM LUMBERTON THROUGH BENNETTSVILLE AND DARLINGTON. LIGHT LIGHT SURFACE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME CALM TONIGHT. WITH PLENTY OF BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT FOG...POTENTIALLY IFR WITH SOME LOW STRATUS DEVELOPING INLAND. GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY HINDER FOG FORMATION. LIGHT MAINLY NORTHEAST FLOW FOR MONDAY. EXTENDED OUTLOOK THROUGH THURSDAY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. EARLY MORNING IFR/LIFR FOG/STRATUS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM SUNDAY...VERY LIGHT SYNOPTIC FLOW TONIGHT MEANS DIURNAL EFFECTS WILL DOMINATE THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS. ONSHORE WINDS 5-10 KNOTS CURRENTLY WILL BECOME VARIABLE AFTER SUNSET...THEN COULD BECOME OFFSHORE LATE TONIGHT WITH A LANDBREEZE HELPED BY FLOW AROUND WEAK LOW PRESSURE WELL OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. THE BIG STORY IS WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 10 KNOTS. SEAS AVERAGE AROUND 2 FT CURRENTLY THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO A 9-SECOND SOUTHEAST SWELL RATHER THAN LOCAL WIND EFFECTS. THE SWELL COULD BUILD AS HIGH AS 3 FT OUT NEAR 20 MILES FROM SHORE AT SOME POINTS OVERNIGHT. SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM SUNDAY...WITH A VERY WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...LOOK FOR WINDS AT OR BELOW 10 KNOTS WITH A VARIABLE DIRECTION...ALTHOUGH SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WILL BE THE PRIMARY DIRECTION DUE TO THE SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION DURING THE DAY. SEAS WILL GENERALLY RUN 2FT OR SO THROUGH THE PERIOD. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 3 PM SUNDAY...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN LIGHT...ONLY ENHANCED BY LOCAL SEA BREEZE AND PIEDMONT TROF EACH AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL NOT EXCEED 15 KT THROUGH THE PERIOD...THOUGH GUSTS NEAR SHORE WILL BE CLOSER TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM TS BILL ARE STILL PROGGED TO ARRIVE THU WITH LATEST WWIII FORECASTING SEAS APPROACHING 5 FT BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE STORM SO NOT GETTING TO DETAILED WITH THE FORECAST YET. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...XXXI NEAR TERM...TRA SHORT TERM...XXXI LONG TERM...III AVIATION...43/TRA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 359 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 NCZ087-096-099-100-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-172000- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- 359 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ097-101-172000- PENDER-NEW HANOVER- 359 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-172000- 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- 359 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RJD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 621 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 NCZ100-101-162315- NEW HANOVER-BRUNSWICK- 621 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS FROM WILMINGTON TO TOWN CREEK... AT 619 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...ALONG A LINE FROM WILMINGTON TO TOWN CREEK...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO TWO INCHES. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE CAROLINA BEACH...LONG BEACH...MASONBORO...MYRTLE GROVE...OAK ISLAND...OGDEN...SEAGATE... SILVER LAKE...SMITH CREEK...WILMINGTON...WINDEMERE AND WRIGHTSBORO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. && 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. RJD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads in the community of Brunswick Forest were flooded. One road had up to two feet of standing water.
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