Large clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms merged into one huge cluster of thunderstorms. This cluster moved south and into Marlboro County during the late evening hours.
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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.
Large clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms merged into one huge cluster of thunderstorms. This cluster moved south and into Marlboro County during the late evening hours. The thunderstorms generated a cold pool which helped to sustain them as they propagated toward the coast overnight.
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 Jun 21, 9:48 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 707 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 NCZ105-106-221300- INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURGAW...SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH 707 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...A LARGE FIRE IN HOLLY SHELTER GAME LAND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT... HEAVY SMOKE WILL BE IN THE AIR THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...THICKEST IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE. AS A LOW LEVEL INVERSION FORMS THIS EVENING...SMOKE WILL BE TRAPPED NEAR THE GROUND. THIS SMOKE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER VISIBILITIES WITHIN A 10 MILE RADIUS OF THE FIRE. LATE TONIGHT...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FIRE. A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS EVENING FOR PENDER COUNTY. MAJOR ROADWAYS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING INCLUDE HIGHWAY 17...FROM HAMPSTEAD TO SURF CITY AND EDGECOMB...HIGHWAY 53 NEAR MAPLE HILL...AND HIGHWAY 210 FROM HAMPSTEAD TOWARD ROCKY POINT. AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR VERY UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. RJD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
918 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
SCZ017-220145-
MARLBORO-
918 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARLBORO COUNTY...
AT 917 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE...4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CHAVISTOWN...OR 2 MILES WEST OF BENNETTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY CAUSING STANDING WATER ON ROUTES
9 AND 38 NORTH OF BENNETTSVILLE.
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE BENNETTSVILLE...
CHAVISTOWN...MCCOLL AND TATUM.
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.
LAT...LON 3463 7946 3452 7976 3460 7981 3461 7980
3461 7979 3462 7978 3465 7982 3465 7983
3468 7986 3481 7967
MBBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
945 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
NCZ087-220245-
ROBESON-
945 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS REACHING INTO NORTHERN ROBESON COUNTY...
AT 943 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS...3 MILES WEST OF
WAKULLA...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF RED SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN HOKE
COUNTY IT APPEARS THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY BE
PROPAGATING TO THE SOUTH INTO EXTREME NORTHERN ROBESON COUNTY.
THIS GUST OF WIND IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOME HEAVY RAINFALL
AND POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IN THE SAME REGION.
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE WINDS ARE RED SPRINGS...ALMA...
MAXTON...REX...SEVEN BRIDGES...SHANNON...WAKULLA...LUMBER BRIDGE...
PARKTON AND RENNERT.
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.
LAT...LON 3492 7897 3489 7892 3485 7891 3461 7944
3463 7947 3477 7934 3482 7936 3484 7935
3484 7919 3496 7904
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</html>The Columbia radar (KCAE), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:39 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reportedly down on Community Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down on Academy Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down on Oscar Fletcher Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down on Pea Bridge Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 318168, 318169, 318171, 318172.