A thunderstorm produced damaging winds in Tolarsville.
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A thunderstorm produced damaging winds in Tolarsville.
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 9, 6:41 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 741 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 .SYNOPSIS... BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE THROUGH THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE THURSDAY BEFORE STALLING INLAND ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. TROPICAL CYCLONE CHANTAL...OR REMNANTS OF THIS SYSTEM...MAY APPROACH THE SOUTHEAST COAST THIS WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... AS OF 730 PM TUESDAY...ONCE AGAIN CONVECTION HAS ALL BUT DISAPPEARED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. HAVE FOLLOWED SUITE WITH THE POPS. AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER...MODELS ARE IN CONSENSUS THAT DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL NOT OCCUR. IT APPEARS A BAND OF SLIGHTLY LOWER PW WILL ROTATE IN FROM THE EAST WHICH MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AS WELL. TEMPERATURE READINGS ARE A LITTLE DISTORTED WITH THE RAIN THAT DID OCCUR INLAND BUT OVERALL TRENDS LOOK GOOD. NO OTHER CHANGES. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM TUESDAY...BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WHILE A MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST PUSHING A COLD FRONT INTO THE CAROLINAS ON THURS. A FEW MINOR SHORTWAVES WILL RIDE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE MAIN TROUGH THROUGH THE CAROLINAS AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH. IT LOOKS LIKE ONE SHORTWAVE WILL REACH THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS BY WED AFTN TO ENHANCE CONVECTION ALONG THE PIEDMONT TROUGH. OTHER MORE LOCALIZED CONVECTION WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH SEA BREEZE CONVERGENT BOUNDARY ON WED AFTN INTO EVENING. THE FLOW WILL VEER SLIGHTLY AS THIS TROUGH APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH PRODUCING A MORE WESTERLY STEERING FLOW ALOFT. EXPECT STORMS TO MOVE FROM THE SW TO NE BUT CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL MOVE MORE OVER THE AREA IN A MORE WESTERLY MID TO UPPER LEVEL FLOW. MODELS ALSO SHOW RIDGE ALOFT NUDGING IN FROM THE EAST AGAIN ON WED. THIS MAY KEEP MOST SHWRS/TSTMS FARTHER INLAND ON WED BUT BY THURS AS THE MAIN MID TO UPPER TROUGH PUSHES THE FRONT EAST...EXPECT MORE ACTIVE WEATHER WITH BETTER LIFT AND DEEP LAYER MOISTURE. EXPECT A MORE ACTIVE LINE OF STORMS TO DEVELOP INLAND IN THE AFTN AND MARCH EAST THROUGH THE AREA REACHING THE COAST THURS NIGHT. THEREFORE HIGHEST CHC WILL AGAIN OCCUR INLAND BUT WILL AFFECT THE COAST LATER THURS. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE LOW STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM IN AREAS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE STORMS. DURING EACH DAY TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM MID 80S TO AROUND 90 AS CLOUD COVER AND SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS HOLD HIGHS A LITTLE SHORT OF CLIMO. LOWS WILL END UP A LITTLE ABOVE CLIMO WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS AND MOISTURE KEEPING TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 3 PM TUESDAY...UNCHARACTERISTICALLY AMPLIFIED SUMMERTIME UPPER TROUGH TO PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. AMPLE FORCING THROUGH A DEEP LAYER SHOULD YIELD HIGH RAINFALL CHANCES WHILE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER KEEPS HIGHS A FEW DEGREES BELOW CLIMO. THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS CLOSE TO OUR LONGITUDE ON SATURDAY. THE UPPER SECTION OF THE TROUGH PULLS TO THE NORTH AND WEAKENS WHILE THE SOUTHERN EXTENT TRIES TO SPLIT SOUTHWARD LEAVING BEHIND A MID LEVEL SHEAR LINE. THE COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN STALLED ALONG THE COAST. ONSHORE LOW LEVEL FLOW AND THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS STILL EXPECTED TO PROVIDE LIFT FOR ANOTHER FAIRLY ACTIVE AND UNSETTLED DAY. SURFACE AND MID LEVEL FEATURES MAY RETROGRADE JUST ENOUGH SUNDAY FOR A SLIGHTLY LESS ACTIVE DAY AND THE FRONT ITSELF ALL BUT WASHES OUT. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS PRETTY LOW HOWEVER DUE TO A FAIRLY ANOMALOUS PATTERN ALOFT. ALSO RETROGRADING SOUTH AND WEST WILL BE A RENEWED VORT FROM THE EARLY PERIOD TROUGH...MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS CAPE HATTERAS BY MONDAY ACCORD TO GFS. THIS MODEL IS QUITE THE OUTLIER WITH REGARDS TO THIS FEATURES STRENGTH AND SPEED HOWEVER. THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER RIDGES BUILDING BOTH UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM DO MAKE ITS SOLUTION HARD TO COMPLETELY RULE OUT HOWEVER. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL THUS STRUGGLE TO FEATURE TEMPERATURES THAT RETURN TO CLIMO BY DAY AS THEY MAY FALL A LITTLE SHORT DUE TO CONTINUED FAIRLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS. SIMILARLY IT IS HARD TO DISCERN ANY MEANINGFUL DECREASE IN RAINFALL CHANCES LATE IN THE PERIOD. JUST FOR SAKE OF COMPLETION TO TOUCH UPON CHANTAL IT EFFECTS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO BEACH/WAVE CONDITIONS AS IT DOES NOT SEEM FATED TO MAKE IT THIS FAR NORTH...IF IT EVEN SURVIVES ITS TREK ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS PARTS OF HISPANIOLA. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 00Z...CURRENTLY VFR ACROSS THE CWA AS CONVECTION OVER THE FORECAST AREA HAS CEASED THIS EVENING. A BRIEF SPRINKLE IS POSSIBLE AT KFLO THIS EVENING...BUT OTHERWISE NO PCPN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. VFR SHOULD PREVAIL OVERNIGHT AS CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS LIMIT THE FOG/STRATUS THREAT. CANNOT RULE OUT TEMPO MVFR VSBYS INLAND JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW ATTM. MORE DIURNAL CU WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH SCT/BKN CIRRUS. EXPECT S/SW WINDS 8-12 KTS DURING THE DAY WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH OFFSHORE. THE MODELS AGAIN FAVOR ISOLATED CONVECTION INLAND DURING THE DAY AS PWAT VALUES REMAIN NEAR 2.0 INCHES AT KLBT/KFLO. WILL INCLUDE VCSH FOR THE INLAND SITES TO ACCOUNT FOR AFTN PIEDMONT TROUGH ACTIVITY. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...SCT SHOWERS/T-STORMS THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH BRIEF LOCALIZED PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR POSSIBLE. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 730 PM TUESDAY...WINDS AND SEAS ARE STABLE THIS EVENING. ANY CONVECTION HAS REMAINED WELL INLAND WITH NO DISTORTION. NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 AM TUESDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES WED AND THU AS BERMUDA HIGH REMAINS OFF THE COAST. APPROACH OF WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST TIGHTENS GRADIENT THU AND THU NIGHT. SPEEDS WILL CLIMB INTO THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE AND MAY BRIEFLY EXCEED 20 KT LATE THU AND THU NIGHT. SEAS BUILD FROM 2 TO 3 FT WED TO 3 TO 5 FT THU AND THU NIGHT. MIGHT HAVE A SMALL WINDOW WHERE SEAS OPEN TO SOUTHWEST FETCH...BASICALLY SOUTHEAST OF BALD HEAD ISLAND...EXCEED 6 FT THU EVENING. SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM TUESDAY...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL CONTINUE WED AND THU AROUND BERMUDA HIGH. A MORE PRONOUNCED PIEDMONT TROUGH ON WED WILL SHARPEN THE GRADIENT PRODUCING AN INCREASE IN WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 KTS UP TO A SOLID 15 KTS LATE WED INTO THURS. THIS PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY PUSH WILL CAUSE A RISE IN SEAS FROM 2 TO 3 FT WED MORNING UP TO 3 TO 4 FT BY WED AFTN INTO THURS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE OUTER WATERS. BY THURS AFTN A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TIGHTENING THE GRADIENT WINDS FURTHER AND CAUSING THEM TO VEER AROUND TO THE SW THROUGH THE AFTN AND MORE WESTERLY BY FRI MORNING. THIS INCREASED SOUTHERLY PUSH WILL CAUSE A FURTHER RISE IN SEAS UP CLOSE TO SCA THRESHOLDS. WNA SHOWS PEAK IN SEAS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THURS NIGHT BEFORE WINDS WEAKEN AND VEER AROUND TO MORE WESTERLY BY FRI MORNING. SHWRS/TSTMS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THURS INTO THURS NIGHT AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 3 PM THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ON FRIDAY WILL RELAX SLIGHTLY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE EASTERN CAROLINAS AND THE TIGHTEST GRADIENT IS DISPLACED JUST EAST OF THE 20 NM FCST ZONES. ANY SCEC-WORTHY 5 FT SEAS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THERE WILL ALSO BE A DOWNWARD TREND IN WAVE HEIGHT. TOUGH CALL ON WINDS BY SATURDAY AS THE FRONT MAY STALL RIGHT ALONG THE COAST BUT THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF A WEAK WAVE LIFTING NORTHWARD OUT OF THE BAHAMAS. RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE A WEAK EASTERLY FLOW BUT MAYBE STRONGER WIND/LARGER WAVES IF THE BAHAMA LOW IS REAL/STRONGER THAN THOUGHT. TROUGH REMNANTS OF THE COLD FRONT DRIFTS BACK INLAND ON SUNDAY ONCE AGAIN YIELDING A LIGHT ONSHORE/EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SHK NEAR TERM...SHK SHORT TERM...III LONG TERM...III AVIATION...BJR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 404 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-056- 102015- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 404 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-102015- 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- 404 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-SCZ054-102015- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY- 404 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ110-102015- COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 404 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 12
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
403 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
SCZ017-023-092100-
DARLINGTON-MARLBORO-
403 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MARLBORO AND DARLINGTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 404 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MONT CLARE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF DARLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BROWNSVILLE...CLIO...DUNBAR...MONT
CLARE...BLENHEIM AND SOCIETY HILL.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3465 7952 3455 7949 3438 7959 3437 7959
3435 7986 3452 7987 3454 7984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 257DEG 7KT 3446 7978
BACONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
405 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
SCZ032-092100-
FLORENCE-
405 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS FLORENCE COUNTY THROUGH 500
PM EDT...
AT 405 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FLORENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE FLORENCE...CLAUSSEN...EFFINGHAM...
EVERGREEN...MARS BLUFF AND QUINBY.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3419 7986 3430 7966 3430 7962 3427 7957
3423 7955 3421 7955 3419 7957 3418 7957
3412 7952 3412 7953 3410 7952 3403 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 243DEG 8KT 3415 7971
BACONThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Fifteen trees were reported down at the intersection of Highway 20 and Chicken Foot Road.
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