An isolated severe thunderstorm reportedly brought trees down west of Shallotte, North Carolina.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm reportedly brought trees down west of Shallotte, North Carolina.
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 16, 9:31 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1031 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014 .SYNOPSIS... INCREASING HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN DEVELOPS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DISSIPATING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY. HOT TEMPERATURES WITH HIGH HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1000 AM SATURDAY...THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE POPS. THE LATEST NAM IS VERY SPARSE ON THE COVERAGE WITH WHAT LITTLE IT DEVELOPS LATER AROUND 0300 UTC. THIS APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE. THE RAP CONTINUES TO SHOW MORE COVERAGE FROM NOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BASED ON THIS AND THE FACT THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS POPPING UP IN HORRY COUNTY...WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURE TRENDS LOOK GOOD. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 AM SATURDAY...LONGWAVE TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WILL FLATTEN SUNDAY...WITH BRIEF SHORTWAVE RIDGING LIKELY MOVING OVERHEAD DURING THE EVENING. THIS CREATES WESTERLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WHICH DRIES THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF THE COLUMN...WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HELPS TO WARM TEMPS TO ABOVE NORMAL AT THE SURFACE. BROAD RETURN FLOW AROUND AN EXPANDING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE WILL PUMP WARM/MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION IN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE COLUMN...CAUSING INCREASED INSTABILITY TO SURFACE PARCELS SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THE WARMING TEMPS IN THE 850-500MB LAYER COMBINED WITH THE DRYING FLOW WILL INHIBIT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. THUS...EVEN AS TEMPS SOAR INTO THE LOW 90S...CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SEA-BREEZE BOUNDARY...AND POP IS MAINTAINED ONLY IN THE SCHC RANGE. ANY STORMS SUNDAY WILL WANE QUICKLY AFTER DARK...AND A WARM NIGHT IS EXPECTED WITH LOWS ONLY FALLING INTO THE MID 70S AT THE COAST...LOW 70S INLAND. THE FOCUS ON MONDAY REVOLVES AROUND A FAIRLY POTENT...BUT WEAKENING...500MB LOW TRAVERSING JUST NORTH OF THE AREA. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...CONTINUED SHORTWAVE RIDGING COMBINED WITH SW SURFACE FLOW WILL DRIVE TEMPS AGAIN TO AROUND 95 AWAY FROM THE COAST...AND AROUND 90 AT THE BEACHES. THE SURFACE REFLECTION OF THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE NC/VA BORDER AS IT RACES EAST TO BE OFFSHORE BY TUESDAY...THUS NO DIRECT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED LOCALLY. HOWEVER...INCREASING MOISTURE AS WELL AS SLOWLY THINNING 1000-500MB THICKNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IMPULSE WILL CREATE HIGHER POP CHANCES MONDAY...WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...SHOWERS/STORMS MAY PERSIST TEMPORALLY BEYOND TYPICAL DIURNAL ACTIVITY AS COLUMN MOISTURE INCREASES THROUGH THE NIGHT THANKS TO THE CLOSEST APPROACH OF THE MID-LEVEL AND SURFACE FEATURES. MINS MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE VERY WARM...WITH UPPER 70S EXPECTED AT THE COAST AND MID 70S WELL INLAND. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 300 AM SATURDAY...WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ON TUESDAY...POSSIBLY CROSSING THE AREA BEFORE WASHING OUT BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. THEREAFTER...A PERIOD OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. MID-LEVEL IMPULSE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL BE MOVING OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST AT THE START OF THE PERIOD. A WEAK COLD FRONT TRAILING THE SURFACE FEATURE WILL TRY TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT IT WILL BECOME ORIENTED PARALLEL TO THE MID-LEVEL FLOW AND LIKELY STALL JUST NORTH OF THE CWA...ALTHOUGH A BRIEF WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH IS POSSIBLE VERY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NC COUNTIES. LITTLE OTHER IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED...AND TUESDAY WILL FEATURE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WITH DIURNAL TSTM CHANCES. BY WEDNESDAY...AND THEN THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD...EXPANSIVE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD BACK TO THE WEST AND BLOSSOM ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC IS FORCED TO RE-ORGANIZE TO THE WEST AS WELL...STRENGTHENING ALONG THE SOUTHERN TIER...WHICH SUGGESTS A PERIOD OF WELL-ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. THE ECM AND GFS DISAGREE ON EXACTLY WHERE THE RIDGE AXIS WILL SETUP...WITH THE ECM KEEPING IT NEARLY OVERHEAD THIS AREA...WHILE THE GFS DEPICTS IT ACROSS THE MS VLY. WHILE THIS WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON TEMPS...WHICH SHOULD BE AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL (ALTHOUGH ECM WOULD BE A BIT WARMER)...PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE DECREASED IN THE ECM SOLUTION VERSUS THE GFS. WILL LEAN ON THE WARMER/DRIER ECM WHICH IS FAVORED BY WPC AND HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT. STILL WILL EXPECT TO SEE AT LEAST ISOLATED DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY...AS A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN FINALLY RETURNS TO THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...WITH THE HIGH TEMPS AND HIGH DEWPOINTS...EXPECT HEAT INDICES TO REACH OR EXCEED 100 ACROSS THE AREA ALL OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /14Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 12Z...AREAS OF MVFR DUE TO FOG EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TOWARDS THE END OF THE VALID PERIOD. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. NEARLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH SOME TAF SITES OBSERVING MVFR FOG. EXPECT FOG TO DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS GIVING WAY TO VFR. INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL SEE INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 10 KTS OR LESS AND FEW/SCT CLOUDS AROUND 4-5KFT. GIVEN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AND LATEST FCST SOUNDINGS...COULD NOT RULE OUT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE AFTERNOON SEABREEZE. THIS EVENING...ANY CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF AND VFR WILL PREVAIL WITH CLEARING SKIES AND WINDS BECOMING LIGHT. GIVEN IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS...ANTICIPATE MVFR FOG...ESPECIALLY INLAND...TOWARDS THE END OF THE VALID TAF PERIOD. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...INCREASING CHANCES FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTN SHOWERS/TSTMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1000 AM SATURDAY...WINDS AND SEAS LOOK GOOD WITH THE MORNING UPDATE. JMPN7 IS REPORTING WIND SPEEDS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND 41110 SHOWING 1.3 FEET. BENIGN CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 AM SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDING OFFSHORE WILL BE THE PRIMARY FEATURE TO THE MARINE CONDITIONS DURING THE SHORT TERM...PRODUCING SW WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. INITIALLY...THESE WINDS WILL BE OF MODERATE STRENGTH...AROUND 10 KTS...BUT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE...AND BECOME 15-20 KTS MONDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SEAS WILL BUILD IN RESPONSE TO THE STRENGTHENING WINDS...RISING FROM 2-3 FT MUCH OF SUNDAY...TO 3-5 FT MONDAY NIGHT. LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 300 AM SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH WILL PINCH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TUESDAY...DRIVING SW WINDS TO 15-20 KTS MUCH OF THE DAY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY INTO HOW FAR SOUTH THIS FRONT WILL REACH BEFORE WASHING OUT...BUT EXPECT A BRIEF PERIOD OF NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE NC WATERS VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY...BEFORE SW WINDS RETURN THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD...BUT AT SPEEDS OF ONLY AROUND 10 KTS. SEAS WILL BE DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY A WIND-WAVE TUESDAY...REACHING 3-5 FT TUESDAY...BEFORE FALLING WEDNESDAY TO 2-3 FT ON THE EASING WINDS. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JDW NEAR TERM...SHK SHORT TERM...JDW LONG TERM...JDW AVIATION...SGL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1226 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105-106-108>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056- 171630- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 1226 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MID AND LATER PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-171630- 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- 1226 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. NCZ107-171630- INLAND NEW HANOVER- 1226 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MID AND LATER PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1153 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014
NCZ109-110-SCZ053-054-161700-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND BRUNSWICK-INLAND HORRY-
1153 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY AND BRUNSWICK
COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM EDT...
AT 1153 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HAND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE LITTLE RIVER...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...
BROOKSVILLE...CALABASH...CHERRY GROVE BEACH...GRISSETTOWN...
HAMMOND...HAND...IREDELL...LONGS...LONGWOOD AND SEASIDE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 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 3387 7891 3398 7869 3395 7865 3397 7865
3398 7863 3401 7864 3402 7862 3403 7859
3407 7854 3388 7844 3387 7850 3384 7854
3382 7866 3377 7877 3373 7882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 244DEG 8KT 3383 7876
KEEBLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1223 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014 NCZ099-109-161715- COLUMBUS-INLAND BRUNSWICK- 1223 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS BRUNSWICK AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT... AT 1224 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HONEY ISLAND...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHALLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ASH...CRUSOE ISLAND...EXUM... FREELAND...HONEY ISLAND...LONGWOOD...MAKATOKA...NAKINA...OLD DOCK AND WACCAMAW. HAZARDS INCLUDE... PEA SIZE HAIL. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 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 3434 7830 3412 7817 3399 7858 3415 7868 TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 243DEG 12KT 3411 7853 BACON
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down.
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