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 Nov 12, 2:50 AM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 250 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2002 OVERALL... STRONG UPPER JET DIVING SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN PLAINS CARVING OUT DEEP LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI/GULF COAST AREA. DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH ENHANCING SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOW FRONT(LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY) OVER WESTERN CWA WITH WEAK WAVE NORTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND OVER FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MODEL TRENDS INDICATE AS THESE WAVES TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG BOUNDARY...AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINS (HIGHEST QPF) SLIGHTLY MORE TO THE WEST THAN PREVIOUS RUN. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE... PRECIPITABLE WATERS 1.5 TO NEAR 2 INCHES...JET DYNAMICS AND PLENTY OF LIFT...TRAINING EFFECTS...SUPPORTS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS TODAY. HOWEVER COUPLE OF CONCERNS...NOTICE THAT GSO/RNK AND FFC 00Z SOUNDINGS SHOWED SOME DRYING IN COLUMN SINCE 12Z MONDAY. ALSO DEEP CONVECTION OVER LOWER GULF/FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAVE A TENDENCY TO ROB AREA OF MOISTURE. BUT FOR NOW PLAN TO EXTEND WATCH INTO NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. KEEP EXPIRATION AT 17Z. ON CONVECTION...ALL OF CWA EXCEPT NORTHWEST IN SLIGHT RISK. EXPECT EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY WHEN WEAK WAVES MOVE ACROSS. CURRENT FORECAST TREND OF KEEPING RAIN IN FOR TONIGHT...AND EASTERN SECTIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY ON TRACK. DRY WEATHER FOR THURSDAY. EXTENDED... FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.... NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AS MODELS CONTINUE TREND OF TROUGH OVER THE AREA. KEEP CHANCE IN...RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY. REST OF EXTENDED OKAY. THANKS KGSP/KRNK FOR THE COORDINATION. .RAH...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. RA/DGS/GIH
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-131030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 530 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY FOR WIDESPREAD LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS MORNING FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. DETAILS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT... BRINGING ENHANCED RAINFALL TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MIDDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MIDDAY... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE SEVERAL SHOWERS PASS OVER THE SAME AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WHICH IS THE PRIMARY THREAT. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RA
NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-121730- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 545 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2002 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAINLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. SKYWARN SPOTTERS... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. SYNOPTIC PATTERN... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT THIS MORNING. A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT... BRINGING ENHANCED RAINFALL TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS MORNING AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS WEATHER DETAILS... WIDESPREAD RAIN ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR DURING THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. RA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Aberdeen Road was closed, flooded with a foot of water.
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, November 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: 5323314.