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 Nov 5, 9:50 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 950 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2002 INTERESTING EVENT WITH QUITE A DEEP STABLE POOL OVER THE CWA WITHIN AN IN SITU DAMMING AIR MASS. COASTAL FRONT REMAINS WELL DEFINED ON MSAS... HOWEVER FAIRLY RAPID FRONTOGENESIS HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER THE PIEDMONT IN THE LAST FEW HOURS WITH GOOD MSLP FALLS OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN. OBSERVED WINDS FROM GSO-CLT WESTWARD HAVE TURNED N OR NW WHEREAS WINDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DEVELOPING BOUNDARY ARE UNIFORM SE. THIS SUPPORTS THE LATEST RUC WHICH INDICATES LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES RISING 20 M OVER THE NEXT 3-4 HOURS. MIXING DOWN THE WARMER AIR ON THE AREA SOUNDINGS GIVES A TEMP RISE TO THE LOWER TO MID 60S... BUT WITH COMPLETE DESTABILIZATION NOT EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT... WILL HAVE TEMPS RISING SLOWLY INTO THE 55-60 DEGREE RANGE THERE WITH MID 60S IN THE EAST (AND THIS MAY BE CONSERVATIVE). WILL RETAIN MENTION OF OCCASIONAL RAIN... ALTHOUGH MOST OF IT TONIGHT IS LIKELY TO BE RATHER LIGHT AND DRIZZLY. WILL KEEP ISOLATED THUNDER WHERE IT IS MENTIONED... AND WILL ADD AREAS OF FOG EVERYWHERE. ENVIRONMENT REMAINS HIGHLY SHEARED WITH TREMENDOUS SR HELICITIES OVER 1300 M2/S2 ON THE GSO SOUNDING AND VWPS SHOWING 50+ KT AT 3-5 KFT. EVEN ELEVATED CAPE IS SMALL... THUS THE FOCUS FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE ACTIVITY WILL BE LARGELY EAST OF THE RAH CWA... BUT ANY MIXING-DOWN OF THESE WINDS COULD DO SOME DAMAGE AND CERTAINLY BEARS WATCHING. TOMORROW SHOULD SEE MORNING CLOUDINESS FOLLOWED BY INCREASING SUN AS DOWNSLOPING KICKS IN... BUT DO EXPECT A REDEVELOPMENT OF STRATOCU PARTICULARLY OVER THE EASTERN/SOUTHERN CWA. .RAH...NONE HARTFIELD
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-060955- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 715 AM EST TUE NOV 5 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A FAYETTEVILLE TO RALEIGH LINE OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN. ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. ENTER DETAILS HERE... .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. RFG
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Steel studs at a construction site were blown down; large tree limbs were also blown down on Highway 401 north of Lillington.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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