Lightning struck a church in Varnamtown, with some electrical damage and one minor injury.
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Lightning struck a church in Varnamtown, with some electrical damage and one minor injury.
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NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 9:50 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1050 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN THROUGH TODAY AS IT CONTINUES TO SAG FARTHER SOUTH. HIGH PRESSURE...NEARLY OVERHEAD SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WILL MOVE PROGRESSIVELY OFFSHORE AND STRENGTHEN AS IT RIDGES WESTWARD FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK. AS THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BUILD BACK ACROSS THE AREA...THE RISK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1000 AM SUNDAY...A WEAK FRONT WAS BISECTING THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING...ROUGHLY FROM FLO TO CRE. HOWEVER...THE FRONT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY ILL-DEFINED AS IT STALLS OUT AND THE SEABREEZE BECOMES THE MORE DOMINANT BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKING AT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND YOU CAN SEE PLENTY OF DRY AIR IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. HOWEVER...IN THE LOW LEVELS...MOISTURE HANGS ON...ESPECIALLY ALONG A GOOD PORTION OF THE COAST AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PEE DEE. WE ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO SEE CONVECTIVE BUILDUPS ALONG AND S OF THE FRONT. CONVECTION SHOULD BE RATHER SHALLOW GIVEN THE DRY AIR IN PLACE ALOFT. GIVEN THE HIGH INSTABILITY...UP TO 2000 TOO 2500 J/KG...WILL INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE TO SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A MAJORITY OF THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY ACROSS THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER AREA...LOWER PEE DEE AND GRAND STRAND. AREAS OF INITIAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE THE DEVELOPING SEABREEZE...WEAK AND DISSOLVING COLD FRONT AND THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY WHICH HAS DEVELOPED AS STRATUS HAS BEEN SLOW TO DISSIPATE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD QUICKLY DISSIPATE WITH LOSS OF HEATING THIS EVE. TONIGHT...SKIES WILL BE CLEAR OR CLEARING AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES JUST ABOUT OVERHEAD. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME MODEST RADIATIONAL COOLING. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STILL BE TOUGH TO DISLODGE AND AS THE COLUMN COOLS DURING THE LATE EVE AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT... WOULD EXPECT TO SEE MORE IN THE WAY OF STRATUS AND FOG DEVELOP. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE UP NEAR 90 ACROSS MOST OF THE PEE DEE REGION... OTHERWISE MID AND UPPER 80S WITH PERHAPS ONLY LOWER 80S AT THE BEACHES AS THE SEABREEZE SHARPENS AND MOVES WELL INLAND GIVEN THE GENERAL SYNOPTIC FLOW WILL BE ONSHORE. LOWS TONIGHT WILL COMMONLY BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S...EXCEPT AROUND 70 AT THE BEACHES. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 330 AM SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL SHIFT OFF SHORE MON NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW WILL VEER AROUND THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT WILL REMAIN VERY LIGHT AS SEA/LAND BREEZE DOMINATE THE FLOW. A BROAD RIDGE ALOFT WILL ALSO COVER THE SOUTHEAST PROVIDING INCREASED SUBSIDENCE AND PLENTY OF DRY AIR. THE PCP WATER VALUES WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH THROUGH MON INTO EARLY TUES INCREASING INLAND BY TUES AFTN AS PIEDMONT TROUGH BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED. OVERALL WILL SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WITH TEMPS RIGHT AROUND NORMAL ON MONDAY AND INCREASING CLOSER TO 90 ON TUES AS H5 HEIGHTS INCREASE. THE ON SHORE FLOW ON MONDAY WILL HELP TO PUSH SEA BREEZE FAR INLAND WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER OCEAN TEMPS MODERATING TEMPS ON ITS WAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 60S MOST PLACES AS DEWPOINT TEMPS IN THE MID 60S PRODUCE MORE COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER HUMIDITY LEVELS...INCREASING HEADING INTO MID WEEK AS RETURN FLOW INCREASES. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 330 AM SUNDAY...BROAD RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH MID WEEK WILL FLATTEN OUT AS IT BECOMES SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH AND WEST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OFF SHORE AS PIEDMONT TROUGH BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED INLAND AND WILL REMAIN MAIN FOCUS OF AFTN CONVECTION. SHOULD ALSO SEE SOME CU DEVELOPMENT AND LOW END CHC OF SHWR ASSOCIATED WITH CONVERGENCE ALONG SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY....BUT SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR ALOFT WILL HELP TO SUPPRESS ANY STRONGER CONVECTION UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEK AS RIDGE SLOWLY LOSES ITS GRIP OVER THE SOUTHEAST. THEREFORE WILL KEEP POPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER INLAND WITH LESSER CHC CLOSER TO THE COAST WITH CHANCES INCREASING HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. SW RETURN FLOW WILL BE ENHANCED BY SEA BREEZE EACH AFTN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PIEDMONT TROUGH. FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...POPS RECOVER TO CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS BUT NOTHING IN THE MIX TO WARRANT VALUES HIGHER THAN THAT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM THE FIRST TWO DAYS WITH MIDDLE 90S INLAND TO NEAR 90 ALONG THE COAST. THE HIGHER POPS SHOULD TRIM A COUPLE OF DEGREES OFF THESE NUMBERS LATER IN THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /12Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 12Z...AREAS OF MVFR/IFR FOG AND STRATUS WILL AFFECT ALL TERMINALS BUT FLO THROUGH 13 TO 14Z. AFTER THAT BURNS OFF...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD...THOUGH MVFR FOG IS POSSIBLE AFT 09Z. CONFIDENCE IN THAT IS LOW ATTM AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TAFS. ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BUT NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT TERMINALS. EXPECT NE WINDS OF 5 TO 10 KT TO BECOME E-SE BY 18Z AND DIMINISH TO 5 KT OR LESS AFTER SUNSET. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...VFR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1000 AM SUNDAY...THE SEABREEZE WILL DICTATE WIND SPEEDS TODAY. A WEAK AND STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME ILL-DEFINED THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE VIRTUALLY OVERHEAD TONIGHT. WINDS TODAY WILL BE EASTERLY...UP TO 15 KT DUE TO SEABREEZE ENHANCEMENT. WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS A LAND BREEZE DEVELOPS AND POSSIBLY PUSHES ACROSS THE WATERS LATE AT NIGHT. SEAS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 FT. A WEAK 8 TO 10 SECOND ESE SWELL WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 330 AM SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WATERS ON MONDAY WILL SHIFT FARTHER OFF SHORE BY TUES WITH A SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING UP. THE LIGHT AND VEERING FLOW ON MONDAY WILL BECOME MORE ONSHORE THROUGH THE DAY ENHANCED BY AFTN SEA BREEZE...BUT STILL REMAINING LESS THAN 10 KTS FOR THE MOST PART. BY TUES NIGHT A SLIGHTLY GREATER RETURN FLOW WILL PRODUCE S-SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KTS. SEAS OF 2 TO 3 FT WILL MIX WITH A SMALL LONGER PERIOD EASTERLY SWELL THROUGH THE PERIOD. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 330 AM SUNDAY...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW UP TO 15 KTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK. THE FLOW WILL BE ENHANCED EACH AFTN BY THE SEA BREEZE AND THE PIEDMONT TROUGH WILL ALSO BECOME MORE DOMINANT SLIGHTLY INCREASING THE S-SW WINDS. SEAS WILL BASICALLY REMAIN LESS THAN 3 FT WITH A SLIGHT RISE UP TO 3 AND MAYBE 4 FT BY FRI MORNING IN PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW BY THURS NIGHT INTO FRI AS WINDS SHOW A MORE SOLID 15 KTS. THE SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES WILL MIX WITH A LOW END EASTERLY SWELL UP TO 10 SECONDS. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...RJD SHORT TERM...RGZ LONG TERM...RGZ AVIATION...RAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 724 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-161130- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 724 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-161130- 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- 724 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RJD
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:55 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Zion Hill Baptist Church, entering through a phone line. The lightning caused some electrical damage, as well as one minor injury.
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