Severe thunderstorms developed in advance of a cold front.
Every event with a place to put it. 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.
Severe thunderstorms developed in advance of a cold front.
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 Sep 3, 1:19 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 638 AM EDT TUE SEP 3 2013 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-041045- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 638 AM EDT TUE SEP 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 97 TO 102 DEGREES...REMAINING JUST BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. .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. NCZ110-041045- COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 638 AM EDT TUE SEP 3 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 97 TO 102 DEGREES...REMAINING JUST BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. .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. NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-041045- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 638 AM EDT TUE SEP 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 97 TO 102 DEGREES...REMAINING JUST BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. .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. AMZ250-252-254-256-041045- 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- 638 AM EDT TUE SEP 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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. DCH
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</html>The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:33 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were reported in roadway on W Lee Flowers Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Trees were reportedly down at the intersection of Friendfield Road and Old Georgetown Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Power lines were reported down along South Friendfield Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down across Big Swamp Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Multiple trees were reported down on top of power lines and blocking South Pamplico Highway. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Power lines were reported in the intersection at Big Swamp Road and Bazen Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reported down across power lines blocking the intersection of Possum Fork Road and New Hope Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Hail to the size of pennies was reported along Sumter Highway.
Power lines were reported in the roadway at the intersection of Janette Street and Highway 701. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reported down at the intersection of Quail Hollow Road and Forestbrook Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down across a power line on Pine Island Road near the Coastal Grand Mall.
Multiple trees were reported down along Jackson Village Road. Some of the trees fell onto a house as well as on power lines. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Power lines were reported down at the intersection of Crooked Oak Drive and Sweetgum Drive. 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 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, September 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: 477329, 477330, 477374, 477331, 477332, 477333, 477334, 477337, 477338, 477378, 477379, 477388, 477391.