CASILIST : 90mph gust in Wilmington NC

J (j{at}weatherwatchers.org)
Fri, 09 Jan 1998 12:51:57 -0500

I wanted to make sure everyone had seen this. Do any of our members in
the area have any first hand accounts / video / photographs of this
storm?

(This was also posted to bit.listserv.wx-talk):

** WWUS30 KILM 081909 ***
LSRILM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
210 PM EST THU JAN 08 1998

TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....

0903 AM WILMINGTON NC 90 MPH TSTM GUST
01/08/98 NEW HANOVER *** 3 INJ ***
DOWNBURST WIND CAUSED
TURBULENT EDDY GUSTNADO
PATH 30 YARDS WIDE 1/4
MILE LONG THAT PASSED BY A
GAS STATION, OVERTURNING
SEMI. ONE HOSPITALIZED.