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 Sep 1, 10:05 AM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1105 AM EDT SUN SEP 01 2002 HAVE ALREADY SENT OUT A MORNING UPDATE TO FIX A TYPO...BUT OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES TO EARLY MORNING PACKAGE. SFC BNDRY DESCRIBED IN MARINE SECTION BELOW HELPING TO FOCUS A BAND OF SHOWERS NEAR THE COAST...WHILE SCATTERED ACTIVITY OFFSHORE SLOWLY MVG TWRD THE CENTRAL COAST AND OUTER BANKS. ACTIVITY REMAINING INLAND ASSOCIATED MORE WITH OVERRUNING/WEDGE FEATURE. GIVEN ALL THE LIFTING MECHANISMS AROUND THE AREA AND PW FRM THIS MORNINGS SOUNDING AROUND 2 INCHES...WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT LIKELY POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. LIKE YESTERDAY...A BREAK OR TWO OF SUN WILL EASILY WARM TEMPS INTO LOWER 80S. 18Z AND 06Z UPPER AIR RUNS WILL BE AVAILABLE PER NHC REQUEST...FOR SYSTEM CURRENTLY OFF FL COAST. MARINE: SFC BNDRY/WIND SHIFT STILL THE MAIN FACTOR IN WIND DIRECTIONS AND SPEEDS. THE BNDRY BASED ON RADAR AND OBS APPEARS TO RUN FROM OFFSHORE OF NAGS HEAD SW TO MHX AND CONTINUING SW TO NEAR FPSN7...WITH WAVE OF LOW PRES ON THE BNDRY JUST OFFSHORE OF NC/VA BORDER. WIND ON THE BNDRY IS LIGHT TO CALM. TOUGH DECISION IS WHAT TO DO WITH THE MVMNT OF THE BNDRY. PERSISTENCE WOULD KEEP THE BNDRY IN PLACE...BUT YESTERDAY WE SAW THE BNDRY ACTUALLY MOVE JUST INLAND SEVERAL HOURS AFTER A SIMILAR LOW PRES WAVE WENT BY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...WL INITIALIZE THE WINDS VARIABLE SRN WTRS WITH WINDS HAVING A E OR SE COMPONENT BASED ON TROF PROGRESSION. MHX...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA. NP/TK
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:43 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads along the west side of Newport including Nine Mile Road and portions of Deer Park were flooded by as much as 2 to 3 feet 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, September 2002
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