Wildfire — Inland Pender, North Carolina

2011-06-18 to 2011-06-30 · Inland Pender, North Carolina

Event narrative

Lightning sparked a wildfire in the Holly Shelter Game Land. On June 20th, the fire grew rapidly on gusty northwest winds, 100 degree heat, and an ongoing severe drought. Several homes in the Traders Neck and Castle Bay developments near Hampstead were evacuated briefly, but no structures were damaged. The fire grew to over 31,000 acres in the undeveloped Holly Shelter swamp, and continued to burn into July.

Wider weather episode

Lightning sparked a wildfire in the Holly Shelter Game Land.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 328151. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.