A stationary front produced strong storms with hail and strong winds.
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The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
A stationary front produced strong storms with hail and strong winds.
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 Sep 9, 4:49 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 549 PM EDT Mon Sep 9 2019 .SYNOPSIS... Fair and warm weather will prevail much of the week with temperatures slightly above normal. A weakening cold front will drop into the area tonight into Tuesday, leading to isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. High pressure then prevails Wednesday and Thursday. Shower and thunderstorm chances increase Friday into next weekend as a cold front approaches then stalls just north of the area. && .UPDATE... Substantially increased PoPs now through 00z for the supercell thunderstorm in the ILM vicinity. Expect it to backbuild upshear rather than racing eastward with the steering flow. Lesser increases in PoPs along/ahead of the front elsewhere. No other significant changes. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... Cold front draped W and north of local area will drop south tonight. Surface flow out of the south ahead of it was maintaining a warm and humid weather ahead of front, but dry air and ridging in the mid levels will continue to keep convection limited. Only isolated and localized shwrs/tstms were developing, mainly associated with sea breeze convergence. The flow above the surface was out of the W-NW and will drive and shwrs and clouds toward the coast. Expect this front to drop down through the area overnight and therefore will keep isolated convection along boundary overnight. Soundings show subsidence inversion with mainly elevated instability overnight, but expect best chc over SE NC where better instability is located with slightly higher dewpoints. Boundary weakens as it heads south with winds shifting from light southerly to northerly by morning. Expect some fog and or stratus to develop overnight toward daybreak with lows in the low to mid 70s which should dissipate by mid morning. The front drops into the area early Tuesday while weakening as ridge aloft builds over the Southeast and becomes stronger with H5 heights reaching up near 594. This should maintain limited convective activity on Tues, mainly along sea breeze over NE SC and possibly over the adjacent waters overnight Tues. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... Building ridge of high pressure aloft will bring near to slightly above normal temperatures during mid week with heat indices in the mid to upper 90s. Some remote chances for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon with increased surface heating and available moisture. Otherwise, beautiful weather expected for mid week. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Ridge of high pressure over the eastern CONUS will provide mostly sunny skies for the long term forecast period. There may be a front approaching the area late in the week that could bring some chances for showers and thunderstorms. Otherwise, a fairly quiet period of weather in the long term. && .AVIATION /22Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... VFR throughout the period with a few showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon, especially along the coast with the development of the sea breeze. Skies begin to clear tonight and this will lead to patchy stratus and fog across the area tomorrow. Similar day on Tuesday with VFR conditions continuing. Winds will become northerly tomorrow as a weak cold front moves south of the area. This could prolong stratus for a few hours longer than normal. Extended...Predominately VFR conditions over the weekend and early next week with possible fog or stratus in the morning. && .MARINE... Cold front will drop through the waters from the north tonight into Tues as it weakens. Seas will remain less than 3 ft as light southerly flow veers around to the N behind the front. Overall expect variable winds with benign seas and a longer period SE swell mixing in. High pressure will extend in from the north behind front. Winds will be gustier along coast in sea breeze Tues aftn. Waves 2 to 4 feet from the middle of the week through the weekend. Wind waves south of the northeast around 4 seconds with swell from the southeast between 10 and 12 seconds. Wind waves decrease for the end of the week into the weekend with swells decreasing to between 6 and 8 seconds. Winds stay light under 10 kts. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...None. NC...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...ILM UPDATE...TRA NEAR TERM...RGZ SHORT TERM...MCK LONG TERM...MCK AVIATION...RGZ/21 MARINE...MCK/RGZ
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 318 PM EDT Mon Sep 9 2019 AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039- 054>056-058-059-101930- 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-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- 318 PM EDT Mon Sep 9 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters, southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. 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
245 PM EDT MON SEP 09 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0523 AM TORNADO 3 N SUPPLY 34.06N 78.27W
09/05/2019 BRUNSWICK NC NWS STORM SURVEY
APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN PINE TREES UP TO 14 INCHES IN
DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED, ALONG WITH A FEW SMALLER
HARDWOODS, AT THE END OF MIDDLE RIVER RD NE. DAMAGE
CONSISTENT WITH 85 MPH WINDS (EF-0). ADDITIONAL
SURVEYING WILL BE CONDUCTED FURTHER WEST WHERE THE
ROTATION APPEARED TO STRENGTHEN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1900203
CRMSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
509 PM EDT Mon Sep 9 2019
NCZ105>108-092215-
Inland New Hanover NC-Coastal Pender NC-Inland Pender NC-
Coastal New Hanover NC-
509 PM EDT Mon Sep 9 2019
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW HANOVER AND CENTRAL
PENDER COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
At 508 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Ashton, or near Burgaw, moving southeast at 20 mph.
Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Burgaw, Surf City, Figure Eight Island, Rich Inlet, Hampstead,
Topsail Beach, White Stocking, Long Creek, Cape Fear Community
College North Campus, Ashton, Rocky Point, Murrayville, Topsail,
Castle Hayne, Bayshore, Scotts Hill, Ogden, Porters Neck, Woodside
and Murray Town.
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 storm passes.
&&
LAT...LON 3436 7764 3435 7765 3435 7766 3423 7778
3446 7805 3466 7783 3442 7755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 313DEG 19KT 3449 7789
MBBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
602 PM EDT MON SEP 09 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0556 PM HAIL 2 SSW ROCKY POINT 34.41N 77.89W
09/09/2019 E0.70 INCH PENDER NC AMATEUR RADIO
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1900204
RANSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
615 PM EDT Mon Sep 9 2019
NCZ105-107>110-092315-
Inland New Hanover NC-Inland Brunswick NC-Inland Pender NC-
Coastal New Hanover NC-Coastal Brunswick NC-
615 PM EDT Mon Sep 9 2019
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NEW HANOVER...SOUTHWESTERN PENDER
AND NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
At 615 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hightsville, or near Wilmington, moving south at 15 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Wilmington, Leland, Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Kure Beach,
South Masonboro Island, Snows Cut, North Masonboro Island, Figure
Eight Island, Boiling Spring Lakes, Bishop, Hightsville, Long Creek,
Cape Fear Community College North Campus, Wilmington International
Airport, Myrtle Grove, Rocky Point, Murrayville, Masonboro and Castle
Hayne.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3415 7784 3401 7790 3401 7794 3406 7793
3410 7794 3413 7792 3414 7795 3420 7796
3416 7797 3413 7795 3412 7794 3411 7794
3412 7795 3411 7795 3406 7794 3401 7795
3401 7809 3445 7814 3445 7778 3426 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 349DEG 11KT 3426 7792
MBBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
622 PM EDT MON SEP 09 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0619 PM HAIL 1 SE WRIGHTSBORO 34.28N 77.91W
09/09/2019 E0.70 INCH NEW HANOVER NC NWS OFFICE
PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL AT NWS OFFICE IN WILMINGTON.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1900205
RANThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:26 UTC.
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported three quarter inch hail fell for several minutes.
There was some minor roof damage to the Wilson Center.
Quarter size hail was reported.
Quarter size hail fell.
Several large trees were blown down.
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, September 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: 857937, 857938, 857939, 857940, 857942.