1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 2:30 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 330 AM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002 ***AFTER MONITORING WHAT IS HAPPENING DOWN IN ILM...THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO ISSUE FFA FOR MY CWA AS WELL ALTHOUGH FEEL THAT IMMED COAST HAS BEST THREAT ATTM.*** PREVIOUS AFD: ...SOGGY PATTERN TO HOLD... THE FORECAST FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL BE DIFFICULT AS THE MODELS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH PLACING THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINS...AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE SFC WSHFT/TROUGH. SIG DIFFERENCES DEVELOP BETWEEN THE ETA/AVN FOR SUN-MON FURTHER COMPLICATING THE FORECAST. WHAT LOOKED LIKE A DRIER LABOR DAY WEEKEND A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO NOW LOOKS TO BE MUCH WETTER. MODEL POPS FOR TODAY HAVE SOARED FROM PREVIOUS RUNS. THE COMBINATION OF A SHEAR AXIS ALOFT...UPPER DIFL DUE TO PROXIMITY TO THE JET ENTRANCE REGION...AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE NEAR THE SFC WSHFT SHOULD PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS TODAY. LACK OF WIDESPREAD COVERAGE ON AREA 88-DS CURRENTLY LED ME TO GO SLIGHTLY BELOW GUIDANCE POPS. I FLIRTED WITH THE IDEA OF GOING WITH A FLOOD WATCH AS PWS REMAIN AOA 2 BUT TOUGH TO DETERMINE WHERE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINS WILL SET UP. WEDGE PATTERN INLAND LIKELY TO INHIBIT DEEP INLAND PENETRATION OF SFC CONVERGENCE FTR. IN ADDITION THERE IS A LARGE SWATH OF REAL ESTATE INLAND WHICH HAS NOT RECEIVED MUCH RAIN DURING THIS WET WEEK. I LIKE ILM IDEA OF ISSUING AN SPS INSTEAD. THE ETA IS CONSISTENT IN SWINGING AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER FROM NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS TOWARDS SC LATE SUNDAY AROUND THE WESTERN ATLC UPPER HIGH. ALTHOUGH WEAKER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS THE ETA HAS BEEN CONSISTENT. THE AVN 00Z RUN DID NOT HAVE THIS FTR. WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE ETA SOLN ALTHOUGH I WISH CONFIDENCE WAS HIGHER. WILL USE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD 50% POPS AND CALL PCPN SCT SO THE WHOLE WEEKEND DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A TOTAL WASHOUT. WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN COOLED LOW LEVELS...I GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE COOLER GUIDANCE. ANY SUCKER HOLES IN THE CLOUD COVER THAT DEVELOP WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO LOCALLY REACH MUCH HIGHER. EFP: 00Z AVN DRIER FOR TUE/WED. WILL DECREASE POPS TO SLGHT CHANCE BUT MAKE NO WHOLESALE CHANGES TO FORECAST. MARINE: WILL LEAN HEAVILY ON ETA THIS RUN AS THIS JIVES ALSO PRETTY WELL WITH THE NGM. DO NOT ANTICIPATE WINDS TO BE IN SCA CATEGORY BUT E-SE SWELL WILL LIKELY REACH 6 FT TONIGHT AND REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND ESPECIALLY N OF HATTERAS. WINDS SHOULD VEER AROUND TO THE E LATE TODAY THEN SE SUN NIGHT AND S LABOR DAY. FCSTG 5 FT SEAS TODAY AND WILL HEADLINE SCSEC TODAY AND 6 FT TONIGHT AND WILL HEADLINE SCA EXPECTED TONIGHT. RIP CURRENT THREAT...INCREASED THREAT TODAY FOR ALL OUR BEACHES DUE TO SWELL. .MHX...FFA ENTIRE CWA. JME/WS
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:46 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains flooded many roads in and around Merritt stranding many residences in their homes for several hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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