Lightning struck a house on Bald Head Island.
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Lightning struck a house on Bald Head Island.
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 12, 2:08 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 308 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS TODAY...BEFORE DISSIPATING ALTOGETHER MONDAY. SOME DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS WEEK RESULTING IN NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY. SEASONABLE WEATHER WILL DEVELOP FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 300 AM SUNDAY...A FULL-LATITUDE UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN QUEBEC TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY. A 300 MB JET STREAK EXTENDING FROM EASTERN NC INTO NEW ENGLAND STILL HAS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS WITHIN THE FAVORABLE RIGHT-ENTRANCE REGION AND IS PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WE'RE SEEING EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE SC PEE DEE REGION. THIS ZONE OF ENHANCED UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY LATE MORNING...WITH A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AND ORGANIZATION EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. OUR HIGHEST POPS (60-100 PERCENT) EXTEND JUST EAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR THROUGH DAYBREAK...THEN FOLLOW THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER JET EAST TO THE COAST BETWEEN SUNRISE AND 10 AM. FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS THE LEFT-ENTRANCE REGION OF THE 300 MB JET WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS. FOLLOWING THE METEOROLOGY TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF A STRAIGHT UPPER JET...THE LEFT-ENTRANCE REGION EXPERIENCES UPPER-LEVEL CONVERGENCE...AND THIS FAVORS A REDUCTION IN POPS DESPITE THE OTHERWISE FAVORABLE TIME OF DAY. THE AFTERNOON SEABREEZE BOUNDARY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP FIRE OFF A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS...BUT INCREASINGLY DRY MID AND UPPER-LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL CERTAINLY NOT AID CONVECTIVE CHANCES. A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR COASTAL PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TOO WEAK FOR ANY SUBSTANTIAL LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD RANGE FROM 86-89 EXCEPT A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER AT THE BEACHES. WHAT'S LEFT OF THE WEAK SURFACE FRONT WILL DRIFT TOWARD THE COAST TONIGHT...BUT THE BULK OF THE AIRMASS CHANGE WILL BE OCCURRING ABOVE 850 MB WHERE SUBSTANTIAL DRYING WILL OCCUR. (PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND 2.0 INCHES THIS MORNING WILL FALL TO 1.4 INCHES TONIGHT.) WITH LIGHT SURFACE WINDS EXPECT RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS TO BECOME BETTER THAN WE'VE SEEN IN MANY NIGHTS...AND LOWS INLAND COULD ACTUALLY DIP INTO THE UPPER 60S WITH LOWER 70S AT THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 AM SUNDAY...DRY WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND SUNDAY'S COLD FRONT CREATES A BEAUTIFUL MID-AUGUST DAY MONDAY. PWATS FALL TO LESS THAN ONE INCH...AND FORECAST PROFILES SUGGEST THAT EVEN DIURNAL CU WILL BE TOUGH TO COME BY DURING THE AFTN. 850MB TEMPS AROUND 15C COMBINED WITH FULL SUNSHINE WILL PERMIT TEMPS TO RISE TO RIGHT AROUND CLIMO...WITHIN A DEGREE OR 2 OF 90 ALL LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE BEACHES. MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE QUITE COOL...BUT THINK MET NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE TOO LOW DUE TO WEAK WAA DEVELOPING DURING THE OVERNIGHT. STILL...LOWS RIGHT AROUND 70 ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT...UPPER 60S IN THE COOLER SPOTS. THIS SUGGESTS THAT ILM WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 70 MONDAY NIGHT...KEEPING THE ONGOING STREAK DISCUSSED IN THE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW...INTACT. BROAD UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO SHARPEN DURING TUESDAY AS A NORTHERN STREAM S/W DROPS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS FORCES SW FLOW TO DEVELOP THROUGH MUCH OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND AIDS IN INCREASING COLUMN MOISTURE. ALTHOUGH IT TAKES MOST OF TUESDAY FOR THE MID LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE TO MOVE INTO THE CAROLINAS...THE DEEP SW FLOW WILL CAUSE INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND RISING THICKNESSES. TEMPS TUESDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MONDAY...SLIGHTLY ABOVE 90 MOST SPOTS...EVEN WITH THE INCREASING CLOUDS. COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATE IN THE PERIOD AND ENTERS AN AIR MASS FAVORABLE FOR CONVECTION...EVEN THOUGH IT WILL COINCIDE WITH A DIURNAL MINIMUM IN HEATING (APPROACHING AT NIGHT). WILL RAMP POP UP FROM WEST TO EAST TUE EVENING AND NIGHT...ADDING LOW-CHC IN THE NW ZONES LATE TUESDAY...SHIFTING TO THE COAST AT THE END OF THE PERIOD. OVERALL FORCING LOOKS RATHER WEAK ATTM BUT WITH PWATS NEAR 2.25 INCHES...BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR WITHIN ANY SHOWERS/STORMS. CLOUDS AND CONTINUED SW WINDS WILL KEEP TUESDAY MINS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 300 AM SUNDAY...WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA DURING WEDNESDAY...AND THE BEST PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEK WILL BE WEDNESDAY MORNING/AFTN. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES EAST...ENOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PWAT AIR...DIURNAL HEATING...AND DECENT 500MB PVA TO SUPPORT CHC CONVECTION ACROSS AT LEAST THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA...SCHC ELSEWHERE. AS THIS FRONT PUSHES OFFSHORE LATE WEDNESDAY...DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR MOVES IN FOR THU AS WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS THROUGH MUCH OF THE COLUMN. EVEN WITH BROAD 500MB TROUGH PERSISTING THURSDAY...DO NOT EXPECT ANY CONVECTION DUE TO THE DRY AIR ALOFT. MOISTURE RETURN SLOWLY INCREASES FRIDAY...BUT EXPECT A MOSTLY DRY DAY AGAIN BEFORE POP RAMPS UP LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DUE TO THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER...POSSIBLY STRONGER...COLD FRONT. WILL KEEP POP CAPPED AT CHC FOR SATURDAY SINCE IT IS DAY 7...BUT SATURDAY COULD TURN OUT TO BE A FAIRLY ACTIVE DAY IF THIS TREND CONTINUES. TEMPS WILL HOVER RIGHT AROUND CLIMO MOST DAYS...POSSIBLE SLIGHTLY ABOVE ON FRIDAY DUE TO A BRIEF THICKNESS INCREASE AND 850MB TEMP RISE AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S FRONT. && .AVIATION /07Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 06Z...CONFIDENCE IN SHOWERS AND T-STORMS THROUGH DAYBREAK IS QUITE LOW...AND WE WILL NOT CARRY MENTION OF ANY THROUGH DAYBREAK. AT FLO/LBT LOW STRATUS BASES COULD DIP BELOW 1000 FT WITH IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY 08-12Z. OTHERWISE VFR/MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME 3-5 MILE VSBYS IN MIST. AFTER DAYBREAK SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS (MAINLY AFTERNOON) ARE POSSIBLE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT EASES IN FROM THE WEST...WITH OTHERWISE TYPICAL AUGUST WX CONDITIONS EXPECTED. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...LOW CONFIDENCE MVFR VSBYS IN BR FLO/LBT OTHERWISE VFR THROUGH THUR. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 300 AM SUNDAY...A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING WILL WEAKEN FURTHER AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST LATE TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BUT WITH SPEEDS AVERAGING AROUND 10 KNOTS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS QUITE A BIT WEAKER THAN AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY. ONE LAST SHOT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...MAINLY IN THE CAPE FEAR REGION...AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THE WET WEATHER OF THE PAST FEW DAYS BEGINS TO EXIT TO THE NORTHEAST. SPECTRAL WAVE PLOTS FROM THE FRYING PAN SHOALS BUOY SHOW THE BULK OF THE WAVE ENERGY THIS MORNING HAS A PERIOD AROUND 6 SECONDS... INDICATIVE OF WIND WAVES ON A MODERATELY LONG SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FETCH. WITH LIGHTER WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED TODAY WE SHOULD SEE SEAS FALL FROM THE CURRENT 3-4 FT DOWN TO 2-3 FT THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 AM SUNDAY...VERY LIGHT WEST WINDS BEHIND A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT EARLY MONDAY WILL BACK THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING SW AT LESS THAN 10 KTS BY NIGHTFALL AS BERMUDA RIDGE RE-ESTABLISHES ITSELF OVER THE WATERS. THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TUESDAY...AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE GRADIENT BECOMES PINCHED BETWEEN THE BERMUDA HIGH AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST. SW WINDS BECOME 10-15 KTS THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. SEAS OF 1-2 FT EARLY MONDAY SLOWLY BUILD...BECOMING 2-3 FT MONDAY NIGHT...AND 2-4 FT TUESDAY NIGHT THANKS TO THE INCREASING WINDS. AN EVER-PRESENT 2FT/9SEC SE SWELL WILL PERSIST...BUT WILL BE MASKED ON TUESDAY BY THE INCREASING SW WIND WAVE. LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 300 AM SUNDAY...SW WINDS OF 10-15 KTS ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY VERY SLOWLY VEER TO THE WEST AND WEAKEN BY THURSDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS AND WEAKENS. AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES THURSDAY...WINDS WILL BACK AGAIN TO THE SW...BUT A DIFFUSE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL KEEP SPEEDS BELOW 10 KTS. ONCE AGAIN...A SE GROUND SWELL OF 2FT/9SEC WILL BE PRESENT WITHIN THE WAVE SPECTRUM...AND THIS WILL COMBINE WITH SLOWLY DECAYING SW WIND WAVES TO PRODUCE 2-3 FT SEAS WEDNESDAY...1-2 FT ON THURSDAY. && .CLIMATE... AS OF 1245 AM SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH THE EXTREME HEAT WE EXPERIENCED IN JULY HAS FADED...PERSISTENTLY WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE APPROACHING SOME LONG-STANDING RECORDS. IN WILMINGTON THROUGH SATURDAY AUGUST 11TH WE'VE EXPERIENCED A STRING OF 44 CONSECUTIVE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES OF 70+ DEGREES. HERE ARE THE RECORDS FOR WILMINGTON: 1 52 CONSECUTIVE 6/22/1941 - 8/12/1941 2 48 CONSECUTIVE 7/ 7/1986 - 8/22/1986 3 46 CONSECUTIVE 6/28/1991 - 8/12/1991 4 44 CONSECUTIVE 6/29/2012 - 8/11/2012 ...AND COUNTING 5 41 CONSECUTIVE 7/10/1938 - 8/19/1938 RECORDS IN WILMINGTON EXTEND BACK 138 YEARS TO 1874. IN FLORENCE SC THERE HAVE BEEN 39 CONSECUTIVE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 70 DEGREES THROUGH SATURDAY AUGUST 11TH...SEVENTH ON THE ALL-TIME LIST. THE ALL-TIME RECORD AT FLORENCE IS STILL VERY SAFE...60 CONSECUTIVE 70+ DEGREE LOWS FROM 6/26/2005 THROUGH 8/24/2005. RECORDS AT FLORENCE EXTEND BACK 64 YEARS TO 1948. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JDW NEAR TERM...TRA SHORT TERM...JDW LONG TERM...JDW AVIATION...TRA MARINE...TRA/JDW CLIMATE...TRA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 810 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-130015- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 810 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-SCZ056-130015- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 810 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ110-SCZ054-130015- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- 810 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-130015- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 810 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF 25 TO 35 KT WIND GUSTS. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ254-256-130015- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 810 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF 25 TO 35 KT WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DOUGH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
355 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2012
SCZ023-032-120845-
DARLINGTON-FLORENCE-
355 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2012
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FLORENCE AND DARLINGTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 AM EDT...
AT 356 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES EAST OF TIMMONSVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FLORENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DARLINGTON...FLORENCE...CLAUSSEN...
DARLINGTON RACEWAY...DOVESVILLE...EVERGREEN...FLOYD...LAMAR...MARS
BLUFF...MECHANICSVILLE...MONT CLARE AND QUINBY.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3446 7988 3432 7966 3430 7965 3430 7962
3426 7957 3423 7955 3421 7955 3419 7957
3417 7957 3405 7965 3413 8012
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 219DEG 17KT 3413 7984
WEISSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 428 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2012 SCZ017-023-024-032-033-120930- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-MARLBORO- 428 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2012 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FLORENCE...MARION... DILLON...MARLBORO AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 AM EDT... AT 428 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM NEAR FRIENDFIELD...TO TIMMONSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE FLORENCE...MARION...BINGHAM...BLUE BRICK...BROWNSVILLE...CLAUSSEN...EFFINGHAM...EVERGREEN...FLOYDALE... FORK...FRIENDFIELD AND HYMAN. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. && LAT...LON 3454 7967 3428 7922 3391 7965 3410 8002 TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 219DEG 17KT 3418 7961 WEISS
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house at 27 Mourning Warbler Court, setting the third floor on fire. Renters of the home were able to escape without injury.
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