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 31, 2:00 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 300 AM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002 .DISCUSSION...FEED OF DEEP MOISTURE CONTINUES AS DOES SURFACE WEDGE PATTERN. OSCILLATIONS IN RAINFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY CAN NOT BE TIME OR WELL PREDICTED. DIVERGENCE ALOFT REMAINS A PRINCIPAL PLAYER FOR RAINFALL WEST OF THE SURFACE TROUGH WHICH CONTINUES QUASI STATIONARY IN THE COASTAL AREAS. LIFTING SHORT-WAVE FEATURES HARD TO IDENTIFY AND NOT WELL PORTRAYED BY MODELS. DRYING FROM BUILDING ATLANTIC RIDGE STILL WELL EAST AND NOT LIKELY TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. MAY SEE COASTAL TROUGH MOVED INLAND SUNDAY NIGHT AND ENHANCE RAINFALL. DISTURBANCE IN THE BAHAMAS MAY ALSO ENHANCE RAINFALL IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO LABOR DAY. BUT ETA IS SHOWING A WEAKER SIGNAL THIS RUN WHILE AVN HAS NOT DONE MUCH WITH THIS FEATURE. .FORECAST...ALL THIS ADDS UP TO A WET PERIOD WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW SEASONAL NORM THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. WILL ISSUE SPS FEATURING POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OR A FLOOD WATCH FOR THOSE COUNTIES IN THE EASTERN TIER THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IMPRESSIVE STORM TOTALS. TRENDS IN RADAR AT TIME OF ZONE RELEASE WILL BE USED FOR FFA VS SPS. WILL INCREASE LABOR DAY POPS TO LIKELY AND CONTINUE CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .RAH...NONE.
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Roads in the city of Wilson were closed due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5312479.