The area was in the warm sector ahead of an area of low pressure just to our west. The environment was characterized by low instability, but ample shear.
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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.
The area was in the warm sector ahead of an area of low pressure just to our west. The environment was characterized by low instability, but ample shear.
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 Nov 26, 2:12 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 547 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ024-032-033-039-053>056-272300- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 547 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...TORNADO WATCH 577 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... 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. TORNADO WATCH. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN STILL POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED. SCZ017-023-272300- MARLBORO-DARLINGTON- 547 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED. AMZ250-252-254-256-272300- 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- 547 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 577 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. GALE WARNING. .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. GALE WARNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE ONGOING WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED. RJD
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down along W Egg Hill Road.
A tree was reported down on Red Bluff Road near the intersection with Highway 905.
Two transformers exploded resulting in more than 800 customers without power from near 82nd Ave N to near 67th Ave N. There were also reports of a few limbs down and yard furniture displaced by the wind. Lightning may have contributed to the power outages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, November 2013
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: 484494, 484585, 484525.