Excessive heat and humidity drove heat indexes near and above 110 degrees for several days each afternoon.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
Excessive heat and humidity drove heat indexes near and above 110 degrees for several days each afternoon.
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 21, 2:41 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
214 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011
NCZ099-107>109-211915-
COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
214 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011
...SLOW MOVING STORMS EXTENDING WEST FROM LELAND AND WILMINGTON...
AT 211 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WILMINGTON INTO THE GREEN
SWAMP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THROUGH 330 PM...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY...MAINLY AFFECTING
NORTHERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY...AND THE CITY OF WILMINGTON WEST OF
COLLEGE ROAD.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WILMINGTON...
BISHOP...TOWN CREEK...WINNABOW...SILVER LAKE...MYRTLE GROVE...AND...
MILL CREEK.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3407 7793 3410 7794 3407 7797 3404 7842
3424 7851 3431 7786 3408 7787
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 307DEG 7KT 3423 7794 3419 7834
RASSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
225 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011
NCZ105-106-211930-
COASTAL PENDER-INLAND PENDER-
225 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PENDER COUNTY THROUGH 330
PM EDT...
AT 224 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING OVER HOLLY SHELTER GAME
LAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM BY 330 PM
INCLUDE...EDGECOMB...WOODSIDE...SURF CITY.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3438 7760 3434 7766 3457 7776 3463 7764
3448 7757 3447 7754 3444 7751
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 326DEG 6KT 3451 7765
RASSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
255 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011
NCZ105>108-212000-
COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-INLAND PENDER-
255 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW HANOVER AND PENDER
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 254 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST
OF SCOTTS HILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILMINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS KNOCKED DOWN TREE BRANCHES ALONG SIDBURY ROAD IN
NORTHEAST NEW HANOVER COUNTY. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH 4 PM...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 17 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SCOTTS
HILL AND HAMPSTEAD.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SCOTTS HILL...
HAMPSTEAD...AND...TOPSAIL.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3430 7770 3424 7776 3421 7789 3442 7789
3455 7766 3440 7757
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 246DEG 3KT 3433 7779
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive heat advisories and warnings were issued for the region for several days toward the end of July. The heat and humidity combined to push heat indicies near 110 degrees at times during the afternoon.
Excessive heat advisories and warnings were issued for the region for several days toward the end of July. The heat and humidity combined to push heat indicies near 110 degrees at times during the afternoon.
Excessive heat advisories and warnings were issued for the region for several days toward the end of July. The heat and humidity combined to push heat indicies near 110 degrees at times during the afternoon.
Excessive heat advisories and warnings were issued for the region for several days toward the end of July. The heat and humidity combined to push heat indicies near 110 degrees at times during the afternoon.
Excessive heat advisories and warnings were issued for the region for several days toward the end of July. The heat and humidity combined to push heat indicies near 110 degrees at times during the afternoon.
Excessive heat advisories and warnings were issued for the region for several days toward the end of July. The heat and humidity combined to push heat indicies near 110 degrees at times during the afternoon.
Excessive heat advisories and warnings were issued for the region for several days toward the end of July. The heat and humidity combined to push heat indicies near 110 degrees at times during the afternoon.
Excessive heat advisories and warnings were issued for the region for several days toward the end of July. The heat and humidity combined to push heat indicies near 110 degrees at times during the afternoon.
Excessive heat advisories and warnings were issued for the region for several days toward the end of July. The heat and humidity combined to push heat indicies near 110 degrees at times during the afternoon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 332377, 332378, 332379, 332380, 332381, 332383, 332384, 332385, 332386.