An upper trough produced strong storms in eastern North Carolina.
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An upper trough produced strong 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 May 30, 2:11 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 311 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 .SYNOPSIS... The heat will finally start to gradually ease on Friday. A line of gusty thunderstorms will affect some locations in the late afternoon. High pressure will trend temperatures back to normal on Tuesday. && .NEAR TERM /Through Friday Night/... As of 300 PM Thursday...Heat continues across the Carolinas as drought conditions worsen. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows D1 (moderate drought) conditions extending along the coast with D0 (abnormally dry) extending a bit farther inland. In Wilmington rainfall over the past 120 days is almost seven inches below normal or 55% percent of normal, and today's the 18th consecutive day with no measurable rainfall. Unless an isolated shower or t-storm can fire up in the next few hours across the Sandhills or along the seabreeze boundary, dry weather should continue through the night. A westerly low-level jet with 25-30 kt winds at 1000 feet AGL should help keep the boundary layer from stratifying out too much tonight. Recent MOS performance has shown a tendency for models to run as much as 3-5 degrees too cool with nighttime lows, so my forecast ranges from the mid to upper 70s for most locations. Beaches of Brunswick County could even see lows around 80 degrees tonight! These could be among the warmest daily low temperatures ever recorded this early in the year. A cold front will sink south across North Carolina Friday ahead of an approaching shortwave trough. Temperatures shouldn't reach quite as hot as we've seen recently, remaining in the mid 90s for most locations away from the seabreeze. Models suggest convection will develop across central NC as cooler mid-level temperatures associated with the shortwave advect overhead late in the day. Instability of 1000-2000 J/kg and respectable wind shear for this late in the season should help organize storms into multicell clusters and perhaps bowing line segments, sinking south- southeastward. If storms become severe (we're in an SPC 'marginal risk') strong winds and possibly some hail are the primary expected risks. The cold front should sweep off the coast shortly after midnight with slightly cooler and drier air advecting in on northwest winds. Record highs for Friday May 31 Wilmington 98 in 1953 Florence 102 in 1953 North Myrtle Beach 98 in 1953 Lumberton 99 in 2011 && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... As of 300 PM Thursday...Generally dry northwesterly flow anticipated Saturday and Saturday night. 20-ish POPs cannot be ruled out with surface trough in the area; the rain chances minimized by the northwesterly flow and very weak surface convergence associated with the trough. Highs not far from 90 and lows near 70 not as warm as recent weather but still solidly above climatology. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 300 PM Thursday...Though the long term does not offer any appreciable rain chances it does at least offer more seasonable temperatures in start contrast to many recent days. Surface high pressure building in from the north will bring the only truly seasonable period Monday night through Tuesday night with lows in the mid 60s and highs in the low to mid 80s. Thereafter it will turn a few degrees warmer in weak return flow. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... As of 18Z...There should be enough of a subsidence inversion to keep most convection at bay, save an isolated storm this afternoon, mainly along the resultant and thermal trough. Gusty southwest winds are expected through the afternoon hours. Winds should stay up enough tonight to preclude any fog. Friday, a better chance for convection, but after the end of the forecast period. Extended Outlook...Mainly VFR into next week. Slight chance MVFR each morning in low stratus/fog, isolated to scattered TSTMs possible late Fri through Sat night. && .MARINE... As of 300 PM Thursday...High pressure extends east-west across Florida and well out into the Atlantic. Southwest winds continue this afternoon across the Carolinas and should remain at a solid 15- 20 knots through the night, gradually building seas near Cape Fear to 4-6 feet. For this reason a Small Craft Advisory has been issued for the North Carolina waters for tonight into Friday morning. A cold front dipping south from Virginia will enter North Carolina Friday afternoon, sinking south into southeastern NC and northeastern SC Friday night. This front could be accompanied by a line of thunderstorms with gusty winds. Synoptic winds should shift to northwest behind the front after midnight. Seas currently range from 3-5 feet, highest near Cape Fear. Spectral wave analysis shows dominant wave period is around 6 seconds with virtually no longer period swell present. Light and somewhat variable flow Saturday and Saturday night with a very weak low just to our south keeping gradient poorly defined. As a more typical inland trough forms on Sunday winds will become southwesterly and increase by just a few knots. High pressure then builds in from the north on Monday turning winds northerly and possibly introducing a 3 ft wave to the forecast. As the high builds into Tuesday a slight veer to NE expected. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...None. NC...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until noon EDT Friday for AMZ250-252. && SYNOPSIS...MBB NEAR TERM...TRA SHORT TERM...MBB LONG TERM...MBB AVIATION...43
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 326 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056-058-059- 311100- 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- 326 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 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...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered thunderstorms could become strong to severe late Friday afternoon and Friday night. Strong winds and hail are possible in the strongest storms. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. AMZ250-252-311100- 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- 326 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. Scattered thunderstorms could become strong to severe late Friday afternoon and Friday night. Strong winds and hail are possible in the strongest storms. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. AMZ254-256-311100- 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- 326 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 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...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered thunderstorms could become strong to severe late Friday afternoon and Friday night. Strong winds and hail are possible in the strongest storms. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 9
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:27 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on a house in Parkton.
A semi truck was blown over on Hwy 71 near Malloy Rd. Several trees and power lines were blown down in Parkton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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