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</html>NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-111045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 555 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002 CORRECTED TIMING OF KYLE THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... TROPICAL STORM KYLE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO SOUTH OF SURF CITY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 1
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 454 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM... RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER MOST OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 700 PM. ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES IN AN HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS OVER GREEN...PITT...AND MARTIN COUNTIES...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THIS EVENING AS PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS WILL OCCUR IN SOME LOCASTIONS...MAINLY ON THE COASTAL PLAIN. THE RAIN WILL BE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THERE IS STILL A THREAT OF TORNADOES ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS AND AREAS ADJACENT TO THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS. WS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
535 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
528 PM 3E WASHINGTON NC TORNADO
10/11/02 BEAUFORT REPORTED BY 911PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
638 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM GREENVILLE NC FLASH FLOOD
10/11/02 PITT REPORTED BY PITT COUNTY
EMA.
0500 PM WILLIAMSTON NC FLASH FLOOD
10/11/02 MARTIN NUMEROUS ROADS
FLOODED.REPORTED BY
MARTIN COUNTY EMA.
0500 PM MAURY NC FLASH FLOOD
10/11/02 GREENE NUMEROUS ROADS
CLOSED.
REPORTED BY
GREENE COUNTY EMA.NCZ029-044>047-080-081-092>095-098-103-104-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 653 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM... RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM JACKSONVILLE TO VANCEBORO TO WILLIAMSTON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CARTERET COUNTY AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO BELHAVEN. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AVERAGING A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION AS THERE WILL BE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AS THE DEPTH OF THE WATER CAN NOT BE KNOWN. WS
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a historic church near Pantego causing it to burn completely to the ground.
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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5319964.