1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 10:55 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1155 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001 *******UPDATE************************ SCATTERED CONVECTION FIRING ABOUT 50 MILES FURTHER NORTH THAN ANTICIPATED EARLIER THIS EVENING. I/R SATELLITE INDICATES CLOUD TOPS COOLING SO CONVECTION WILL LIKELY LINGER A FEW MORE HOURS. THUS WILL INCREASE POPS OVER NGIHT OVER AREAS WHERE ISOLATED MENTION (I.E. TRIAD & TRIANGLE AREAS). ************************************** SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DIMINISHED TO ISOLATED ACTIVITY ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NC. EXCEPTION TO THIS IS CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF CELLS OVER SECTIONS OF COASTAL PLAIN/SOUTHERN PIEDMONT/SANDHILLS. CONVECTION IN THIS REGION APPEAR TO BE FIRING ALONG TIGHT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY THAT HAS LINGERED OVER REGION SINCE LATE AFTERNOON (AS PER MSAS). ALSO...THIS REGION COINCIDES WELL WHERE HOTTEST AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED. FINALLY... UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SUGGEST THAT WEAK UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE EXISTS OVER REGION. THUS...PLAN TO CARRY A SMALL CHC POP OVERNIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA. ACROSS THE NORTH...PLAN TO MENTION ISOLATED IN FORECAST TEXT. IT WILL REMAIN MUGGY WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW/MID 70S. NO ADJUSTMENT PLAN TO OVERNIGHT TEMPS. .RAH...NONE. WSS
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Middle Creek flooded several roads around Holly Springs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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