A surface cold front approached from the north during the late afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms developed late in the afternoon and quickly increased in coverage.
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A surface cold front approached from the north during the late afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms developed late in the afternoon and quickly increased in coverage. Some of the thunderstorms did produce severe weather.
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 5, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
345 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND STALL OVER OR JUST
SOUTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH
PRESSURE TO FOLLOW FOR THURSDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT
DROPPING SOUTH NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA
BORDER. FURTHER SOUTH...CONVECTION IS STARTING TO FIRE NEAR RALEIGH
AND CONVECTIVE CLOUDS ARE FORMING ACROSS OUR WESTERN AREAS AS THE
ENTIRE AREA IS DROPPING SOUTH. THE MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED
WITH A POSSIBLE OUTFLOW MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS NOW MOVING ACROSS
WILMINGTON AND ANDY NVA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE SHOULD BE SHORT
LIVED. CITING ALL OF THE FORCING...STILL HAVE LIKELY POPS ACROSS ALL
AREAS BY THIS EVENING...IN FACT I HAVE INCREASED VALUES TO REPRESENT
SLIGHTLY MORE CONFIDENCE. SPC HAS ELEVATED THE AREA INTO A SLIGHT
RISK HIGHLIGHTING MORE OF A WIND THAN HAIL THREAT. NICE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA MAY ENHANCE CONVECTION
LATE TONIGHT ALTHOUGH SEVERE THREAT SHOULD HAVE DIMINISHED BY THEN.
OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD BE A LITTLE ABOVE GUIDANCE PER EXPECTED
CONVECTION AND CLOUDINESS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...WRF AND GFS HAVE VERY DIFFERENT OPINIONS
REGARDING THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF THE COLD FRONT'S JOURNEY INTO THE
SOUTHEAST U.S. WRF STALLS THE FRONT OVER OUR SC COUNTIES WHILE THE
GFS TAKES IT DOWN INTO GA. FORECAST REPRESENTS A BLEND OF THESE
IDEAS WITH 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE POPS ALL AREAS FRIDAY...TAPERING
TO SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS FOR SATURDAY. EITHER WAY...MAX TEMPS
EACH DAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS WITH 85
TO 90 EXPECTED FRIDAY AND MID TO UPPER 80S SATURDAY. LOWS EACH
NIGHT WILL FALL TO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S...WITH MID 60S
POSSIBLE NE SAT NIGHT. IF THE GFS VERIFIES...MAX AND MIN TEMPS
COULD BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN FORECAST AND DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES
MUCH MORE TOLERABLE THAN RECENT DAYS.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD EXTEND JUST FAR
ENOUGH SOUTH TO PROVIDE FOR A DECENT START TO THE WEEK ON SUNDAY
BUT LINGERING FRONT TO THE SOUTH WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE
FOR SOME UNCERTAINTY. THEREFORE WILL KEEP SOME LOW END CHC PCP
OVER PORTIONS OF SC...ESPECIALLY HEADING INTO SUN NIGHT AND MONDAY
AS HIGH SLIPS OFF THE COAST AND SHORTWAVE PUSHES COLD FRONT EAST
TOWARD THE CAROLINAS. A WARMER MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS AHEAD OF
THIS NEXT FRONT WILL INCREASE CHC OF CONVECTION FOR MON AND MORE
SO FOR TUES AS FRONT REACHES THE COASTAL CAROLINAS. THIS FRONT MAY
BE SLOW TO MOVE OFF THE COAST WITH CHC OF PCP LINGERING INTO WED.
OVERALL EXPECT PLENTY OF CLOUDS AROUND THROUGH MUCH OF EARLY TO
MID WEEK NEXT WEEK WITH WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS FOR MON
THROUGH WED. TEMPS WILL BE WELL INTO THE 80S AND CLOSER TO 90 OVER
INTERIOR SC.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH VERY BRIEF AND LOCALIZED PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR VSBYS IN
HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. THE LATEST HRRR AND LOCAL WRF RUNS SUGGEST STORMS
COULD BECOME MORE LINEARLY ORGANIZED LATER TODAY. BASED ON THESE
TRENDS...WILL ADD TEMPO MVFR/TSRA FROM 20-23Z AT KFLO/KLBT AND FROM
21-00Z AT THE COASTAL TERMS. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-20 KTS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY...AND LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS COULD OCCUR
WITH STRONGER STORMS. WILL MAINTAIN VCSH TONIGHT AS MORE SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT.
FROPA SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 09-12Z FRIDAY...AS WINDS VEER TO THE
NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT. MODEL SOUNDINGS HINT AT SOME MVFR CIGS/VSBYS
EARLY FRIDAY...WHICH WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE
MORE ABUNDANT RAINFALL TODAY. OTHERWISE FRIDAY WILL BE VFR WITH
NORTHEAST WINDS AOB 10 KTS.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE
EXPECT VFR THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL WATERS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS
REMAIN NEARLY STEADY WITH JMPN7 CONSISTENTLY HOVERING AROUND 20
KNOTS. 41110 IS CLOSE TO FIVE FEET SO THE FORECAST REMAINS
RELATIVELY STABLE FROM THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO
BUILD TO A MAXIMUM OF 6-8 FEET AS THE FETCH REMAINS IN PLACE FOR
ABOUT 18 MORE HOURS.
SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE
PERIOD...RESULTING IN WINDS SHIFTING FROM SW TO NE AND THEN E FRIDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. OUTSIDE
OF FRIDAY MORNING WHEN 4 TO 5 OR EVEN 6 FT SEAS ARE POSSIBLE...SEAS
LESS THAN 4 FT ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.
LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM THURSDAY...AS HIGH SLIPS OFF THE COAST E-NE WINDS
THROUGH SUNDAY...WILL VEER TO THE SE AND THEN SOUTH BY MONDAY AS
RETURN FLOW SETS UP. ALTHOUGH A 9 SEC EASTERLY SWELL WILL EXIST
IN THE WAVE SPECTRUM MUCH OF THE PERIOD...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE
PRIMARILY FORMED THROUGH A 4-5 SEC WIND CHOP FROM THE
EAST...BECOMING SOUTH ON MONDAY. WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE 2 TO 3 FT
THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...WITH SLIGHT INCREASE THROUGH MON IN
INCREASED SOUTHERLY FLOW.
&&
.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
NC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR
AMZ250-252-254-256.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SHK
NEAR TERM...SHK
SHORT TERM...31
LONG TERM...RGZ
AVIATION...BJRHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 SCZ023-032-033-039-053-055-056-061745- DARLINGTON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY- INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .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. SCZ054-061745- COASTAL HORRY- 140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH 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. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .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. AMZ254-256-061745- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .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. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. .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. AMZ250-252-061745- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .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. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. .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. NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-024-061745- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DILLON- 140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .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. NCZ106-108-110-061745- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 354 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 NCZ087-096-099-052100- BLADEN-COLUMBUS-ROBESON- 354 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BLADEN...COLUMBUS AND ROBESON COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 354 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF LUMBERTON...TO NEAR FAIRMONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WHITEVILLE...ABBOTTSBURG... BARNESVILLE...BETHEL...BLADENBORO...BOARDMAN...CHADBOURN...CHERRY GROVE...CLARENDON...COUNCIL...ELKTON AND EMERSON. HAZARDS INCLUDE... PEA SIZE HAIL. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. FREQUENT 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. && LAT...LON 3442 7832 3405 7878 3446 7926 3464 7888 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 297DEG 21KT 3446 7905 WEISS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
426 PM EDT THU JUN 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0418 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW ORRUM 34.41N 79.02W
06/05/2014 ROBESON NC CO-OP OBSERVER
REPORT OF LARGE PINE TREES DOWN ON PRINCESS ANNE RD AND
CREEK RD NEAR LUMBER RIVER STATE PARK.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1400229
LACORTESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
428 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
SCZ023-024-032-033-052115-
DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
428 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS FLORENCE...MARION...DILLON
AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 429 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
QUINBY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF DARLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DARLINGTON...FLORENCE...MARION...BLUE
BRICK...CLAUSSEN...DARLINGTON RACEWAY...FLOYDALE...FORK...GRESHAM...
LATTA...MARS BLUFF AND MECHANICSVILLE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
FREQUENT 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3439 7988 3438 7968 3437 7967 3436 7969
3432 7966 3430 7966 3430 7963 3438 7959
3435 7922 3392 7940 3424 7996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 286DEG 20KT 3428 7971
WEISSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
458 PM EDT THU JUN 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW ORRUM 34.43N 79.02W
06/05/2014 ROBESON NC 911 CALL CENTER
REPORT OF DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE AND SEVERAL REPORTS OF
TREES DOWN ON ROADS IN THE PRINCESS ANNE RD AND CREEK
ROAD AREA.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1400230
RANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
459 PM EDT THU JUN 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW ORRUM 34.43N 79.02W
06/05/2014 ROBESON NC 911 CALL CENTER
REPORT OF DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE AND SEVERAL REPORTS OF
TREES DOWN ON ROADS IN THE PRINCESS ANNE RD AND CREEK
ROAD AREA.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
EVENT NUMBER ILM1400230
RANThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:19 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down at the intersection of Bluff Road and Drew Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reported down along Highway 15 north of McColl.
Power lines were reported down across E Bazen Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reported down along Highway 9 westbound.
A tree was reported down at the intersection of Old Dog Bluff Road and Pee Dee Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Trees were reported down along Pleasant Hill Drive near the W T Owens Store.
Trees were reported down at the intersection of Pleasant Hill Drive and Tyler Drive.
Several power lines were reported down on roadway and one tree was reported down on a car. 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 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 2014
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 524371, 524398, 524372, 524377, 524378, 524380, 524385, 524389.