Thunderstorms produced heavy rain with some minor street flooding.
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Thunderstorms produced heavy rain with some minor street flooding.
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 Apr 1, 6:35 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 735 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2017 .SYNOPSIS... High pressure will move across the Mid-Atlantic and offshore through Monday. A cold front will cross the area Monday night into Tuesday bringing thunderstorms. Dry and warm weather will follow for mid-week. Another storm system and cold front will bring renewed thunderstorm chances Thursday into Friday. Cooler temperatures are expected heading into next weekend. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 730 PM Saturday...Clear skies this evening will be the rule for overnight as we cool back down into the 50s. Forecast in good shape with no changes needed. Previous discussion from this afternoon follows: Deep W-NW flow aloft will prevail through Sunday with an exceptionally dry column above 5000 feet. High pressure advancing into the area this evening will bring winds to the N-NE overnight with an uptick in low-level wind- speeds. The slight cooling will result in minimums by daybreak Sunday in the upper 40s well inland to the lower and middle 50s near the coast, where winds will be a bit friskier. As winds veer to NE and ENE Sunday, an intrusion of maritime mositure below 875 mb should set off a few afternoon fair weather cumulus inland, of limited vertical extent. Slightly cooler maximums will be felt Sunday with onshore breezes, upper 60s by the coast and low to middle 70s inland. These values are very close to climatology for early April. A weak sea breeze in the afternoon will bring winds close to east along the SC coast in the afternoon hours. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... As of 300 PM Saturday...Short wavelength but high amplitude flow creates a series of ridges and troughs across the CONUS, one of each affecting the area this period. Sunday night and Monday, 580dm ridge builds across the SE states and advects east, dragging high pressure offshore beneath it. This creates increasing warm southerly flow and keeps temps above climo Sunday night and Monday. Mins Sunday night will drop only into the low 50s, mid 50s at the coast. On Monday, temps will climb well into the 70s, possibly approaching 80 in the Pee Dee, thanks to strengthening warm advection despite what could be a significant CU field during the aftn as indicated by forecast soundings. Things get interesting Monday night as a potent shortwave races across the Mid-Atlantic states driving a surface cold front into the eastern Carolinas, and SPC currently has the region highlighted in a MRGL risk for severe weather. Rarely do overnight severe events "pan out" locally, but dynamics appear to be in place for at least a chance for severe with this event. As the trough moves to our north, height falls steepen mid- level lapse rates, and continued strong southerly winds reaching 50+ kts at 2 kft prevent a strong surface inversion and advect ample moisture into the region. These features combine to produce significant instability, reaching 400-700 J/kg. Much of this is elevated, but the surface remains neutral which could allow strong winds to mix to the surface thanks to moderate DCAPE even overnight. A quick glance at SHERB values from the NAM show 0.8 to 1.1 across the area as well, suggesting a chance for severe in an HSLC environment. So at this time, a MRGL risk is warranted for both wind and hail overnight, but still will likely be isolated in nature as is more typical with overnight severe events. Showers and thunderstorms are likely though and will continue with categorical POP Monday night. Mins Monday night will remain quite warm as the front doesn't pass offshore until very late or even early on Tuesday, falling only into the low 60s. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 330 AM Saturday...Tuesday will be a busy wx day across the eastern Carolinas. Busy in terms of strong to possibly severe thunderstorms ahead of an approaching cold front. Will have a low level 40 to 50 kt jet at the start of this period. Any insolation that occurs will aid convection that could tap those low level winds. Have indicated the severe threat in the Hazardous WX Outlook. The dampening mid-level s/w trof and it's main dynamics pass by north of the FA by Tue evening. The sfc low will have pushed from the Great Lakes to off the New England Coast by Tue evening. May have 2 rounds of convection Tuesday, 1st thing in the morning and likely the more severe, with the next round and to a lesser extent of areal coverage and severity during Tue afternoon. Will see how fast the atm recovers from the morning convection in order to see another round of possible severe. If Tue highs reach 80+ degrees then could possibly talk about another round of svr wx. The CFP occur Tue evening followed by benign wx conditions later Tue night thru much of Wed night. The sfc pressure pattern after the CFP becomes rather unorganized along with a relaxed sfc pg. Mid-level low amplitude ridging to dominate Wed. For late Wed night thru Thu and into a portion of Fri, another southern stream storm system to push from the SW U.S. to the Great Lakes. However, this system is progged to either close off or possibly cutoff aloft. Models have varying degrees of this possibly happening. In the end, will be looking at conditions this period to Deteriorate with the threat of pcpn during the mentioned time frame. The threat of svr wx is also a possibility but will need to wait and see if models continue this trend in order to mention severe in the HWO. Will see temps running above the climo norms thruout the 1st half of this period, then dropping back to near normal Fri and Sat. && .AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 18Z...High confidence VFR through the TAF valid period. Main complications are early in the TAF period for the coastal terminals as winds shift due to sea-breeze related interactions. May need to COR or AMD TAFs if timing of wind shifts too far off. Extended outlook...VFR through Monday but possible MVFR into Monday evening after warm frontal passage. Occasional MVFR/IFR conditions Monday night thru Tue afternoon due to showers and thunderstorms ahead of cold front. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 730 PM Saturday...No changes to the forecast with the latest update. Previous discussion from this afternoon follows: As winds diminish somewhat this afternoon, look for a surge of N-NE winds overnight as the leading edge of high pressure advances into the area...bumping up to the 15-20 KT range briefly overnight. This should raise sea heights much higher than 4 feet offshore so a caution statement or advisory is not planned, but it will be a tad bumpy overnight as wind waves grow. After a bumpy morning Sunday winds by midday will start to ease as the high edges closer to the area overhead and offshore by Sunday night. 8 second SSE waves will gradually fade into Sunday and the wind- wave portion of the spectrum will become dominant with periods of 5-6 seconds late tonight and Sunday morning. No TSTMS or restrictions to visibility are expected tonight through Sunday. SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... As of 300 PM Saturday...High pressure off the Mid-Atlantic coast will push east and further offshore through Monday ahead of a cold front which will cross the waters early on Tuesday. As the high moves away and the front approaches, winds will veer from east to south, and eventually southwest. The gradient increases quickly as well, so speeds will ramp up with the veering winds, and by Monday eve southerly winds will increase to 15-20 kts, then increasing further to 25 kts or more overnight from the SSW. These strong winds will drive seas up to 6-9 ft Monday night after being just 2 ft Sunday night, and an SCA is likely beginning Monday eve. LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 330 AM Saturday...Ongoing SCA and possibly Gale conditions will dominate 1st thing Tue ahead of the cold front. After the CFP late Tue, winds will veer from the S to SW much of Tue and veer to the W to NW after the CFP. Wind speeds will further drop after the CFP given a rather noisy sfc pressure pattern and relaxing sfc pg. Expect wind conditions to drop below SCA thresholds but seas may take a 6 hr lag time to drop below SCA thresholds given their ramp up to nearly double digits early Tue. Wed will be the calm day for the week where wind directions become variable in direction at 10 kt or less. Seas will continue their subsiding phase. However for late Wed night thru Thu, the next southern stream mid-level S/W tracks toward the Great Lakes. However, models are now wanting to close off or completely cutting off this system. This will likely result in a slower progression of wx features sfc and aloft which means SCa and possibly Gale winds may last longer this time due to the expansive coverage of the cutoff low sfc and aloft. Could see significant seas build to double digits by late Thu. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...None. NC...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...DCH/JDW NEAR TERM...MJC SHORT TERM...JDW LONG TERM...DCH/III AVIATION...REK MARINE...DCH/III/JDW
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 328 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2017 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-021930- 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- 328 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2017 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. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible Monday night into Tuesday. Severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. AMZ250-252-254-256-021930- 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- 328 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for The adjacent Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Small craft conditions are likely Monday and Tuesday. Small craft conditions are possible Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 17
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several intersections in the Eagle Nest neighborhood had minor street flooding.
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