Lightning injured four people at a restaurant in Horry County.
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Lightning injured four people at a restaurant in Horry County.
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NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 11:33 AM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1233 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Heat and humidity will persist today and Thursday. Heat index values may exceed 100 degrees both days and will be accompanied by scattered to numerous thunderstorms. A cold front will cross the area Friday with much cooler and drier conditions following for the weekend into early next week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 1230 PM Wednesday...First convection of the day firing off at various locations along the sea-breeze front. Still expecting more extensive coverage to develop within another hour or so. Forecast good to go with no changes. Previous discussions follow: Analysis of morning sounding data confirms earlier forecast reasoning. A very moist and unstable column today will fuel numerous showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and into at least the early evening. Extensive morning cloud cover will delay convective initiation until early afternoon, although high-res models hint at earlier initiation. Still looking at heat index values around 100F or more today. Latest guidance shows that dewpoint values will hover in the mid 70s all day. Today's surface pattern looks unremarkable with weak high pressure well off the Florida east coast and low pressure developing across Minnesota. The real action is ongoing at 700 and 500 mb where a baggy trough currently across Alabama and Georgia will move east into the Carolinas today. This feature is loaded with moisture as precipitable water values become extreme: 2.1 to 2.3 inches by late afternoon. Early morning convective debris cloudiness should gradually clear after sunrise leading to partly cloudy skies most of the morning and early afternoon. 850 mb temps near +18C should allow highs to rise into the lower 90s with upper 80s near the beaches. For the first time all week I am not adding 2 or 3 degrees across the board to MOS guidance temps. This is due to substantial rainfall over the past 12 hours which has likely increased the soil's heat capacity and will prevent a rapid temperature rise. With dewpoints in the lower to middle 70s heat indices should peak at 100-102 degrees in the early to mid afternoon. Models suggest CAPE will reach 1500-2500 J/kg by 18z. I expect plenty of showers and t-storms to develop, again producing locally heavy rainfall due to the exceptional moisture content of the atmosphere. Forecast PoPs range from 50 percent along the Santee River to 70 percent from Whiteville to Wilmington. Residual showers and t-storms should continue through the evening, becoming less numerous but not entirely dissipating overnight as numerous weak disturbances move overhead in the westerly 500-700 mb flow aloft. Lows will fall into the mid-upper 70s. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... As of 300 AM Wednesday...The big story Thursday will be heat and humidity. With less cloud cover and convection expected to be more scattered in coverage, high temperatures should soar into the mid 90s for most areas away from the beaches. Combine that with dewpoints only falling into the lower 70s and heat indices should reach 103-106 degrees, enough to warrant a heat advisory. Wednesday's baggy mid level trough will be offshore by Thursday morning. Drier air advecting in as far down as 850 mb will drop precipitable water values down to around 1.7 inches. A weak upper disturbance passing through the area Thursday afternoon should still be able to produce scattered showers & storms, with expected coverage around 30 percent. Watching the GFS and ECMWF battle out the late-week pattern has been interesting and entertaining over the past few days. They're coming in better agreement this morning, showing low pressure off the Virginia coast Thursday redeveloping inland Thursday night and dropping south into central North Carolina Friday. Scattered showers & storms should again develop in the unstable airmass in place. As the low slides southward Friday evening it will drag a cold front through the area with cooler and drier northerly winds developing Friday night. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... As of 300 PM Tuesday...A cold front will drop south on Friday. The boundary will be oriented more west to east with W-SW flow ahead of it and NW-N winds behind it. The front should be bisecting our local forecast area by noon as it makes its southward push through the aftn. May pull off a nice morning on Fri as front just makes its way in from the north. Models show best chc of pcp with this front toward the latter part of the aftn as shortwave pushes front into SC. The best upper level support looks like it will run up the NC coast toward Hatteras later on Fri. The pinned sea breeze will produce some added lift right along the coast and then any shwrs/tstms will move rapidly offshore in the NW-W steering flow aloft. Dry and gusty northerly flow and high pressure will build in behind the front through Saturday. The hot and humid air mass with dewpoint temps up into the mid 70s will be scoured out with a good 10 degree drop late Fri into Sat. Pcp water values up over 2 inches will drop down to 1.25 inches or below by Sat morning and less than an inch by Sat evening as the column really dries out. May be enough upper level support and residual moisture to produce a few shwrs on Sat but overall expect relatively cooler and drier weather most of the weekend. A expansive area of high pressure will extend from the mid country out into the Atlantic through early next week until Tues, limiting shwrs/tstms as air mass slowly warms and modifies. By Monday the winds will have a more on shore component increasing flow of moisture on shore. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... As of 12Z...Nice convection offshore will continue to move northeast and away from the region. High precipitable water today and warm temperatures will be the main ingredients for development of convection, starting by around midday. Should see widespread storms by 19Z over much of the CWA, perhaps enhanced near the coast with the resultant. Most of the activity will have diminished by 00Z with stratus expected after midnight. Extended outlook...Periods of morning MVFR fog possible on Thursday, and periods of MVFR/IFR from afternoon/evening convection. Otherwise expect VFR. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 1230 PM Wednesday...Benign conditions continue to prevail over the waters this morning, with seas of 2 to 3 ft and a light SW wind. Greatest threat to mariners today will be from thunderstorms moving over the waters this afternoon and evening. Previous discussion from this morning follows: Southwest winds will gradually increase this afternoon and tonight due to approaching low pressure from the northwest. This low, currently taking shape across Minnesota, will dive into the Great Lakes while a second center develops over eastern Virginia. The net effect will be to tighten our pressure gradient across the Carolinas. Look for wind speeds to reach 15 knots by 3-4 PM in a combination of the afternoon seabreeze and synoptic effects. Winds away from shore will continue to increase this evening and may reach 20 kt by midnight. Also of concern, the very warm and unstable airmass should produce thunderstorms this afternoon along and west of the seabreeze front. Mid-level steering winds should push these storms eastward and possibly into the coastal waters during the afternoon through evening hours. Seas currently only 2 feet will build in conjunction with winds, reaching 3-4 feet nearshore tonight with some 5-footers likely showing up beyond 10 miles from shore. At this time no advisories are planned however it would only take a small increase in winds or seas to reach "exercise caution" criteria. SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... As of 300 AM Wednesday...Models have been struggling for days with how to handle developing low pressure near the Carolina coast Thursday into Friday. While there are still some differences, the ECMWF and GFS look much more like each other on Friday than they have all week! Low pressure developing along the VA coast Thursday will push a cold front southward into central North Carolina Thursday night. The main low will redevelop along this front over inland North Carolina Friday, slowly dropping south and through the area during the day. This will bring a wind shift to the north by Friday evening with increasing wind speeds Friday night as Canadian high pressure builds south over the Great Lakes and New England. Current forecasts show wind speeds increasing to 20-25 kt and seas building beyond 6 feet by late Friday night. LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 300 PM Tuesday...A cold front will be dropping south on Friday. The orientation of the boundary will run more west to east as it drops south. The winds ahead of the front will be SW-W around 15 kt and shifting to the NW-N increasing up to 20 to 25 kt behind it...as it pushes south of the waters through late day. May see some stronger shwrs/tstms over the waters as the steering flow will push them toward the SE to E. Gusty northerly winds will increase Fri night into Saturday as dry high pressure builds in behind the front. Expect winds on Saturday to slowly veer from N to NE maintaining their 15 to 25 kt speed. Winds will decrease slowly and continue to come around to a more on shore flow through the end of the weekend as high pressure settles just to the north of the north of the local waters. Seas on Fri mainly 2 to 4 ft will increase rapidly Fri night into Saturday as high as 6 to 9 ft. Therefore expect SCA conditions by late Fri...probably close to midnight and lasting through much of the weekend. The WNA shows seas peaking just under 11 ft out near Frying Pan Shoals Sat eve and then starting a downward trend through Sunday finally dropping below SCA thresholds by Sun night. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...None. NC...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...TRA NEAR TERM...TRA SHORT TERM...TRA LONG TERM...RGZ AVIATION...DL MARINE...REK/TRA/RGZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 346 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-160800- 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- 346 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 100 TO 102 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAT INDICES THURSDAY WILL REACH 103 TO 106 DEGREES. A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-160800- COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 346 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 9
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1233 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 NCZ107>110-151715- INLAND BRUNSWICK NC-COASTAL BRUNSWICK NC-COASTAL NEW HANOVER NC- INLAND NEW HANOVER NC- 1233 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT... AT 1231 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MILL CREEK...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF LELAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. YOU CAN ALSO EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH...SNOWS CUT...SOUTH MASONBORO ISLAND... BOILING SPRING LAKES...BISHOP...TOWN CREEK...MILL CREEK...SILVER LAKE... SEA BREEZE...MYRTLE GROVE...WINNABOW...MASONBORO...SEAGATE...BRUNSWICK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAIN CAMPUS AND BOLIVIA. THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 17 IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 39. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3399 7792 3403 7823 3418 7822 3420 7782 TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 267DEG 13KT 3411 7807 RGZ
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:45 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning injured four people at the Taqueria las Comadres restaurant. Three of them had to be hospitalized.
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