1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 12:30 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 130 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 .TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...SURFACE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE CWA OVERNIGHT BRINGING DRIER AIR AND NW WINDS. EARLY EVENING POPS LIMITED TO EAST PORTION JUST AHEAD OF THE TROUGH. MUGGY OVERNIGHT. DIFFUSING SURFACE FRONT MOVES JUST SOUTH OF AREA ON SUNDAY. DRIER AIR IN PLACE AND NLY FLOW. FOR SUNDAY...NOTICEABLE DROP IN EXCESSIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES MODERATE WITH A LIGHT NE FLOW. ETA MODEL TOO QUICK TO DEVELOP SURFACE LOW SOUTH OF AREA AND TOO QUICK WITH RETURN OF MOISTURE. AVN SOLUTION PREFERRED WITH SURFACE LOW AND MOISTURE RETURN SEEN FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH IDEA OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE IN NW FLOW BECOMING A CUTOFF IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WITH SURFACE LOW ESTABLISHED JUST SE OF UPPER LOW. PATTERN WOULD BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF A PROMISING RAIN CHANCE TO AN AREA MUCH IN NEED OF RAIN. BEST CHANCES IN WEST PORTION OF CWA MONDAY BUT INCREASING CHANCES FOR ENTIRE CWA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. IF QPF OCCURS...AVN PORTRAYS A HYBRID DAMMING SCENARIO EMULATING FROM A WEAK 1017 MB HIGH TO THE NORTH. HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOW 80S WOULD BE QUITE A CHANGE. ONE PROBLEM WITH THE AVN THAT TEMPERS CONFIDENCE IN ITS SOLUTION IS THE 700 MB OMEGA BULLS EYE AND THE ASSOCIATED QPF THAT IT DEVELOPS IN THE CAROLINAS. .WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SEES THE PROMISING RAIN CHANCE PATTERN DIMINISHING AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE RETROGRADES DUE TO A BUILDING 500 MB RIDGE FROM THE ATLANTIC. CHANCES FOR CONVECTION LIMITED TO SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TIER THURSDAY. NO MENTION FOR FRI AND SAT. TEMPS WARM THROUGH THE THURSDAY - SUNDAY PERIOD. .RAH...NONE. KK/RH/BL
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and powerlines were blown down across North Raleigh along Six Forks Road, Falls of the Neuse Road, and Litchford Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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