1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 15, 2:18 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 318 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002 VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY BEGINNING TO SHOW A CYCLONIC FLOW OVER NW GA...AND SFC ANALYSIS CONFIRMS THAT SFC LOW HAS BEGUN TO FORM. THE H5 TROUGH AXIS OVER THE MID WEST WILL SHIFT E TONIGHT TO THE ERN OHIO VALLEY...ALLOWING THE SFC LOW TO MOVE NE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. THE MODELS DO NOT SHOW A WELL DEFINED LOW TONIGHT...BUT THE ETA DOES HAVE A SHORT WAVE CROSSING THE REGION. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE FAIRLY CONSISTENT GIVING THE REGION POPS IN THE LIKELY RANGE AND SEE NO REASON TO STRAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE...AS A THETA-E RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE CWA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOW. A GOOD AMOUNT OF UVM ALSO DEVELOPS JUST OFFSHORE. H8 WINDS SHIFT W ON MON ALLOWING SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR TO MOVE IN. WILL HAVE CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE CWA...HIGHEST E. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT DOES NOT MAKE IT ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL MON NIGHT AND WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE POP THROUGH THAT TIME. WILL HOLD ONTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS SRN ZONES TUE AND TUE NIGHT AS THE FRONT THEN STALLS JUST S OF THE CWA. WARM FRONT STARTS TO HEAD BACK TOWARD THE REGION WED. WITH AN ONSHORE FLOW GETTING BETTER DEVELOPED WILL INCREASE POPS TO THE CHANCE CATEGORY BEGINNING WED. GFS SHOWS A SHORT WAVE CROSSING THE REGION WED NIGHT INTO THU...WITH A GOOD ONSHORE FLOW AT BOTH THE SFC AND MID-LEVELS. HOWEVER...THE BEST OMEGA MOVES NW OF THE CWA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS. SFC FLOW BACKS TO THE S-SW THU NT INTO FRI AS H5 RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE SERN U.S. UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO MID-LEVEL FLOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP BY THE END OF THE WEEK...AND THIS HAS MAJOR EFFECTS ON THE FCST. GFS ENSEMBLES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH REGARDS TO THE STRENGTH AND SPEED OF THE H5 TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. FRI INTO THE WEEKEND. THE OPERATIONAL GFS DEPICTS A MORE AMPLIFIED TROUGH...AND IS MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE ENSEMBLE MEAN. BECAUSE OF THIS...THE GFS TRIES TO BRING THE COLD FRONT THROUGH HERE SAT NIGHT. SINCE THE GFS HAS BEEN TRENDING SLOWER EACH RUN WITH THIS FEATURE...WILL GO WITH A SLOWER MOVING FRONT KEEPING IT W OF THE REGION SUN...SIMILAR TO HPC. THE UNCERTAINTY WILL ALSO PLAY A ROLE INTO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE TROPICAL LOW THAT THE GFS HAS MOVING ACROSS FL TO THE SE COAST SAT/SUN. HPC FEELS THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO THE N-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. WITH ALL OF THIS IN MIND...WILL KEEP MINIMAL POPS IN THE FCST FOR THE WEEKEND...MAINLY FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION. ALSO ADJUSTED WEEKEND HIGHS UP FROM MEX GUIDANCE WITH FRONT NOT FCST TO CROSS THE REGION. MARINE: LOW PRESSURE ENCROACHING ON EXTREME W SC AT TIME. THIS LOW WILL TRACK ENE...REMAINING JUST W OF INTERSTATE 95 AS IT MOVES THROUGH SC AND SOUTH CENTRAL NC OVERNIGHT. WIND AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR EXERCISE CAUTION THRESHOLDS AND WILL KEEP THAT HEADLINE WITH THIS ISSUANCE. GOOD INSTABILITY/THETA E RIDGING AND SURFACE MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BLOSSOMED AS EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO WANE BY MORNING AS LOW PULLS WELL NORTH. LINGERING TROUGH AXIS VERY NEAR THE AREA ON MONDAY SHOULD PROVIDE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM NW EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...BUT WEAK BOUNDARY WILL BE VERY SHALLOW AND WILL STALL JUST TO SOUTH. FRONT WILL THEN MOVE BACK TO NORTH ON WEDNESDAY AND WINDS WILL COME AROUND TO SE AND THEN SW ON FRI AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING DOWN E COAST MOVES WELL OFF THE COAST AND TROUGH TO WEST BEGINS TO BE FELT. AT THIS TIME...LOW PRESSURE IN THE TROPICS EXPECTED TO MOVE WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA AND INTO GULF OF MEXICO LATE IN FORECAST PERIOD. NO FLAGS THIS PACKAGE. FCSTID = ILM 73 87 71 88 / 70 50 20 10 LBT 71 87 69 88 / 70 30 20 10 FLO 72 88 70 89 / 70 30 20 20 MYR 74 86 72 86 / 70 40 20 20 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. PUBLIC: JAQ MARINE: DIGIORGI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna spawned thunderstoms that dumped over two inches of rainfall in a short period of time, causing standing water on South Third Street near Greenfield Lake.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5315461.