Low pressure tracking along a stationary boundary produced numerous severe storms in eastern North Carolina.
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The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
Low pressure tracking along a stationary boundary produced numerous severe storms in eastern North Carolina.
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 22, 1:48 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 248 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019 .SYNOPSIS... An upper disturbance will bring strong thunderstorms this evening and possibly another round tomorrow. Hotter and drier weather is expected Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures will remain warm from Wednesday onward while storm chances return. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... The entire area is now under Severe Thunderstorm Watch number 424. The forecast is evolving as expected (so far) with a MCS exiting the mountains and what appears to be an outflow boundary approaching our area from the north. We still have very little cumulus development and it will probably be closer to 5 PM when conditions become more conducive for development in our area, the convective cap erodes from earlier convection and these features arrive. Near term high resolution as well as global guidance shows somewhat organized convection this evening kinda lingering into the overnight hours. The highest pops and severe potential are later this afternoon and evening. As for Sunday the baroclinic zone lingers and continues to basically bisect the area. Guidance maintains some activity basically all day thus I'm thinking this will not necessarily be a MCS via more continuity but confidence is a bit lower. Sunday night should be dry. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... As of 300 PM Saturday...Yet another afternoon with strong instability developing Monday. The vort-laden northwesterly flow will be no more however as mid level ridging builds overhead. The GFS shows only scant precipitation (mainly along the sea breeze) whereas the WRF keeps the area dry altogether. The former solution is the going forecast and has been more or left as-is with 20 POPs across coastal counties. Temperature guidance is tightly clustered in depicting mid/upper 80s coast to mid 90s I-95 corridor. Monday night lows will be mild and tend to run in the low 70s. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 300 PM Saturday...Mid level ridge/surface Piedmont trough remains in place on Tuesday, which should thus wind up another warm day with isolated convection at best. A shortwave hacks away at the ridging locally on Wednesday bringing a small uptick in storm coverage. In its wake mid level flow collapses to light and variable, with a ridge possibly developing offshore by the period's end/Saturday. Expect a long stretch of warmer than normal temperatures and isolated diurnal thunderstorms along the sea breeze, which should be free to make good inland progress. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 18Z...The atmosphere will take its time reloading this afternoon, as an MCC came through last night. Look for a similiar thing happening tonight as another MCS is likely to develop after 00Z. Low confidence on timing, but best chance will be around 04-07Z timeframe. Strong winds are possible. Sunday, still some showers hanging around the coast after daybreak. MVFR ceilings are a good bet with possible IFR ceilings. Extended Outlook...Mainly VFR through the period with brief MVFR/IFR conditions from afternoon convection and early morning fog and/or, low stratus. && .MARINE... As of 3 PM Saturday... Very quiet conditions over the waters from a synoptic standpoint basically through the near term period. Winds will continue to be light and variable with significant seas of two feet or so. However we continue to expect some thunderstorms to move across from time to time more certain this evening and they will produce locally strong winds and seas. Weak flow aloft paired with an eastward drifting piedmont trough will keep winds southwesterly at 10kt and seas just around 2 ft Monday and Tuesday. An upper disturbance on Wednesday will have a weak but possibly closed surface reflection that will yield even lighter and somewhat variable winds. Minimal wind and waves will persist into Thursday as this feature dissipates in some guidance and retrogrades back to the east in others. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...None. NC...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...MBB NEAR TERM...SHK SHORT TERM...MBB LONG TERM...MBB AVIATION...21
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 225 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056-058-059- 231830- Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender- Inland New Hanover-Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick- Coastal Brunswick-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion- Williamsburg-Coastal Horry-Inland Georgetown-Coastal Georgetown- Central Horry-Northern Horry- 225 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 424 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. Severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon into the evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. AMZ250-252-254-256-231830- 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- 225 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 424 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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Strong offshore thunderstorms are possible this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
550 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2019
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0538 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNW WALLACE 34.75N 79.84W
06/22/2019 MARLBORO SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SC LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT TREES IN ROADWAY NEAR
WALLACE, SC. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
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EVENT NUMBER ILM1900109
21PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
604 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2019
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0558 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW TATUM 34.62N 79.62W
06/22/2019 MARLBORO SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SC LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT TREES IN THE ROADWAY NEAR
BENNETTSVILLE. TIME ESTAIMTED VIA RADAR.
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EVENT NUMBER ILM1900110
21The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large trees were blown down in Fairmont with widespread power outages.
Multiple trees down in Nakina and surrounding areas.
Several large trees down near Ash.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2019
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: 840183, 840181, 840182.