Lightning struck a building in Fairmont, causing significant damage.
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Lightning struck a building in Fairmont, causing significant damage.
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 Jun 19, 6:28 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 728 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE HOLDS OVER THE AREA. WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE CAROLINAS BY SUNDAY COULD BRING INCREASING THUNDERSTORMS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. UNSETTLED WEATHER AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A WEAK UPPER TROUGH LINGERS ACROSS THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 730 PM THURSDAY...ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION CURRENTLY IMPACTING EXTREME NORTHERN ROBESON/BLADEN COUNTIES...AS STORMS DRIFT SLOWLY SE. NOT EXPECTING STRONG OR SEVERE CONVECTION TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS GROUND COOLING TAKES PLACE...BUT AT THE MOMENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH SEEMS REASONABLE IN AREAS FROM RED SPRINGS TO RENNERT TO ST PAULS TO DUART...WHERE AN SPS ADDRESSES THIS POTENTIAL HAZARD. WARMTH ALOFT AND SUBSIDENCE OVER THE AREA FROM A CIRCULATION SEEN IN VAPOR LOOPS EAST OF CAPE FEAR...WILL SHUT DOWN SHOWERS AND TSTMS BY MIDDLE TO LATE EVENING...AND DO NOT EXPECT NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY TO LINGER TO LATE EVENING. DEBRIS CLOUDINESS APPEARS IMMINENT OVER OUR NW INTO THE CENTRAL ZONES THROUGH EVENING AND WE WILL NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT...BASED ON CLOUD COVER TRENDS INTO LATE EVENING. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...500 MB RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS THROUGH THE PERIOD...RESULTING IN MID-LEVEL FLOW GENERALLY OUT OF THE NW. TIME-HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE MID- LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AFTER 18Z FRIDAY...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASING FROM 1.7 INCHES FRIDAY MORNING TO GREATER THAN 2 INCHES BY SATURDAY NIGHT. FALLING 500 MB HEIGHTS COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING MOISTURE SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A GENERAL INCREASE IN SHOWER-TSTM COVERAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN NC FRIDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO STALL SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR THE NC-SC LINE AND MAY PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION BOTH DAYS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 3 PM THURSDAY...MUCH OF THE PERIOD WILL BE UNSETTLED WITH PLENTY OF DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON. A WEAK BROAD MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHEAST SUN AND MON. ON SUN A DISSIPATING SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE STALLED ACROSS THE CAPE FEAR REGION. WHAT IS LEFT OF THE FRONT MAY PUSH A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH FOR MON AS WEAK SURFACE WAVE MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST. DEEP MOISTURE AND DIURNAL HEATING PLUS PRESENCE OF THE BOUNDARY WILL GENERATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. POP WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER ON SUN GIVEN THE STRONGER STATE OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY AND POSSIBILITY OF APPROACHING WEAK SURFACE WAVE. WILL CARRY HIGH CHC POP SUN AND LOW CHC POP MON. DO NOT SEE A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THREAT AT THIS POINT GIVEN THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT FORCING AND MARGINAL PARAMETERS. PATTERN ALOFT WILL TRANSITION TO MORE PROGRESSIVE FLOW BY MID WEEK WITH 5H RIDGE OVER THE GULF COAST TRYING TO BUILD NORTH. DESPITE BUILDING RIDGE ALOFT THINK CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND RELATIVELY WEAK NATURE OF RIDGE WILL ALLOW DIURNAL CONVECTION. ONLY SMALL CHANGES TO INHERITED FORECAST...MAINLY BUMP TO CHC POP FOR THU. HIGH WILL RUN NEAR TO ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LOWS RUNNING ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE CLIMO. && .AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 00Z...CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN OUR FORECAST AREA HAS BEEN VERY LIMITED TODAY...WITH MOST OF THE TSTMS REMAINING WELL INLAND. THE RADAR SHOWS A FEW STORMS THIS EVENING MOVING TOWARD OUR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ZONES...BUT NONE OF THEM POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO KLBT. THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD LEAD TO A WEAKENING TREND AFTER 00Z...BUT WILL STILL MENTION VCTS FOR KLBT EARLY THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AS SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 KTS SHOULD LIMIT THE FOG THREAT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ON FRIDAY...BRINGING DEEPER MOISTURE AND PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS/TSTMS. HAVE INTRODUCED VCTS FOR ALL TAF SITES BY 18Z FRIDAY...AS THE INSTABILITY DEPICTED IN MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO INCREASED CONVECTIVE COVERAGE. WEST WINDS AOB 10 KTS IN THE MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTH-SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED AT KCRE/KMYR BEHIND THE SEA BREEZE. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AS A WEAK SFC TROUGH LINGERS OVER THE CAROLINAS. BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE IN TSTMS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 7 PM THURSDAY...WITH BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WELL OFFSHORE AND AN APPROACHING WEAK SURFACE TROUGH PROGGED TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE WATERS TONIGHT...WILL SEE A TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE WATERS. AS A RESULT EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 KTS TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BE 2 TO 3 FT. SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FROM FRIDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING...DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY CIRCULATION AROUND BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE. GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY MODEST FRIDAY BUT WILL STRENGTHEN UP SATURDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS IN THE 10-15 KNOT RANGE FRIDAY WILL INCREASE TO 15 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS ON SATURDAY. LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 3 PM THURSDAY...SUN AND MON WILL BE MARKED BY ATYPICAL NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR. WEAK FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE WATERS EARLY SUN THEN SHIFT SOUTH AS IT DISSIPATES SUN INTO MON. SURFACE HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL TRANSITION OFFSHORE LATER MON WITH REMAINS OF BOUNDARY LIFTING NORTH MON NIGHT INTO TUE AS BERMUDA HIGH RE-ESTABLISHES ITSELF AND TYPICAL SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS. GRADIENT WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD SO DIURNAL SEA BREEZE WILL DOMINANT THE WIND FIELD ALONG THE COAST. SPEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEA BREEZE WILL BE A SOLID 15 KT WHILE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS WILL BE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS WILL RUN 2 TO 3 FT...MAINLY DOMINATED BY WIND WAVE. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...COLBY SHORT TERM...CRM LONG TERM...III AVIATION...BJR MARINE...SGL/CRM/III
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 411 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-200815- 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- 411 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAT INDICES COULD RISE TO NEAR 100 DEGREES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SOME AREAS AS HIGH AS 102 DEGREES ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-200815- 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- 411 AM EDT THU JUN 19 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 9
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
923 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
SCZ017-200200-
MARLBORO-
923 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MARLBORO COUNTY
THROUGH 1000 PM EDT...
AT 923 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST
WEST OF WALLACE...NEAR CHERAW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BENNETTSVILLE...CHAVISTOWN...CLIO...
DUNBAR...MCCOLL...WALLACE AND TATUM.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 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 3481 7967 3463 7946 3460 7946 3451 7951
3450 7952 3452 7983 3460 7981 3462 7978
3465 7982 3468 7986 3475 7990 3477 7994
3480 7994 3481 7993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 301DEG 13KT 3475 7991
COLBYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
943 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 PM HAIL WALLACE 34.72N 79.84W
06/19/2014 E1.00 INCH MARLBORO SC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1400245
REINHARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
956 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0908 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S WHITE LAKE 34.63N 78.50W
06/19/2014 BLADEN NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE OFF HIGHWAY 53 NEAR TALL PINE
STREET. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1400246
REINHARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1005 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 PM HAIL 1 WNW WALLACE 34.72N 79.85W
06/19/2014 E1.00 INCH MARLBORO SC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON DODGE STREET. TIME
ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1400247
REINHARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1009 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE WALLACE 34.76N 79.80W
06/19/2014 MARLBORO SC PUBLIC
PINE TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY 177. TIME
ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1400248
REINHARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1014 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WSW WALLACE 34.72N 79.84W
06/19/2014 MARLBORO SC EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 9 AND OLD WIRE ROAD.
TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1400249
REINHARTThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Lumber River Electric Company building at the corner of Main and Red Cross Streets. The resulting fire destroyed the interior of the structure.
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