A frontal boundary combined with the sea breeze to produce heavy rain.
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A frontal boundary combined with the sea breeze to produce heavy rain.
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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 12, 6:35 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 735 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN ON MONDAY BUT MOISTURE WILL LINGER FOR A SCATTERING OF SHOWERS ON MONDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT SHOULD AFFECT THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... AS OF 7:30 PM FRIDAY...CONVECTION FROM THIS AFTERNOON HAS TRANSITIONED TO A WIDESPREAD LIGHT STRATIFORM RAIN EVENT THIS EVENING. THERE ARE A FEW EMBEDDED SHORT-LIVED THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THEY ARE ALSO ON THE WANE. INSTABILITY PRETTY MUCH TAPPED OUT AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY DIURNALLY-DRIVEN...SO EXPECT A GRADUAL DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OF LIGHT RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH SPOTTY SHOWERS THEREAFTER. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST ACCORDINGLY. RELEVANT PORTION OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS: A FEW IMPULSES ALOFT TRAVERSING THE SFC BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY KEEP A CHANCE OF SHRA/TSTMS GOING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...BUT OVERALL RAIN-RATES AND STORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO SHOW SOME SCALING BACK AS SURFACE HEATING TAILS OFF AND IS TAPPED INTO OVER THE NEXT 8 HOURS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM FRIDAY...ANOTHER FAIRLY UNSETTLED AFTERNOON IN STORE FOR THE REGION SATURDAY AS COLD FRONT ENTERS THE COASTAL PLAIN IN THE PRESENCE OF FAIRLY DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE. THE MOST WIDESPREAD COVERAGE WILL BE OVER NWRN ZONES WHICH WILL BE MOST PROXIMAL TO THE BOUNDARY...PERHAPS RADAR COVERAGE NOT UNLIKE THAT OF THIS AFTERNOON. WITH A MORE CLOUDY START COMPARED TO TODAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL NOT GROW AS HOT AND TEND TO BE QUITE SEASONABLE. PRECIPITABLE WATER REMAINS ABOVE 2 INCHES WHILE STORM MOTION REMAINS BELOW 5KT SO CHANCE FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS REMAINS INTACT. RAIN CHANCES WILL HAVE A HARD TIME DIPPING MUCH LOWER THAN LOW END CHANCE RANGE SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES ATOP OF THE FORECAST AREA...ALTHOUGH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD DIMINISH THEIR INTENSITY AND THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT. WE WIND UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FRONT ON SUNDAY AS IT REMAINS NEARLY STALLED TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE SHIFTED SOUTH AND EAST ACCORDINGLY AND THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BE RELATIVELY MITIGATED. SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAY OFFER UP A RANGE OF HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH FROM THE UPPER 70S TO THE MID 80S. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 3 PM FRIDAY...WEAKENING FRONT STALLED IN THE AREA AT THE START OF THE PERIOD AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ENSURE THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK REMAIN UNSETTLED. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES MON AND TUE IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD LEAD TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. PLAN TO CARRY CHC POP WITH A DIURNAL DISTRIBUTION. THE LACK OF FORCING ALOFT SHOULD LEAD TO A DECREASE IN COVERAGE/ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT BUT DO NOT THINK STORMS WILL COMPLETELY DISSIPATE. STORM MOTIONS WILL REMAIN 10 KT OR LESS WHICH WILL MAINTAIN FLOODING POTENTIAL. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL DROP IN FROM THE NORTHWEST MID WEEK. THIS FRONT HAS A MORE DEFINED TROUGH BEHIND IT WHICH WILL PUSH THE BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH THIS FRONT MOVES BEFORE STALLING. ECMWF HAS THE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH...SO DOES WPC...WHILE THE GFS KEEPS THE FRONT CLOSER TO THE CAROLINAS. BOTH MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTIONS DEVELOP A WEAK LOW ON THE FRONT AND LIFT IT NORTH...THOUGH TIMING IS DIFFERENT. ECMWF SOLUTION WOULD PRODUCE SLIGHT CHC TO LOW CHC OF PRECIP THROUGH THU...MAINLY ALONG THE COAST...WITH DRYING FRI. GFS IS WETTER WITH HIGH CHC TO LIKELY POP THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. PREVIOUS FORECASTS HAVE BEEN IN LINE WITH THE DRIER ECMWF/WPC SOLUTION AND AT THIS POINT CAN SEE NO REASON TO MAKE A CHANGE. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW SO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LATER FORECASTS IS STILL A POSSIBILITY. TEMPERATURE RANGES EARLY IN THE PERIOD WILL BE ON THE NARROW END WITH CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP KEEPING HIGHS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO BUT HELPING HOLD LOWS SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO. PASSAGE OF FRONT MID WEEK WILL BRING BELOW CLIMO TEMPS FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /23Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 00Z...EXPECT SHRA/TSRA TO END EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH WIDESPREAD STRATIFORM LIGHT RAIN DECREASING THEN ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE HRRR MODELS SUGGESTS SOME ISOLATED CONVECTIVE SHOWERS MAY REDEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT NEAR KILM AND 10Z NEAR KLBT. UNTIL CONVECTION DISSIPATES THIS EVENING THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS. BRIEF IFR POSSIBLE IF A SHOWER MOVES DIRECTLY OVER A TERMINAL...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW. GENERALLY EXPECT THICK MID/UPPER CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE TAF VALID PERIOD WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 08Z AT KLBT/KILM/FLO WITH HIGHEST CONFIDENCE AT KLBT/KILM WHICH IS NEAREST THE STATIONARY FRONT. KCRE/KMYR ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE MVFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. IFR LIFTS FAIRLY QUICKLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH VFR DEVELOPING AT ALL TERMINALS BY 18Z. CLOUD COVER SHOULD INHIBIT HEATING AND LIFT SO THINK WORSE CASE VCSH COASTAL TERMINALS IN THE MORNING HOURS. BY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL SHOULD BE GREATEST AT KFLO/KLBT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS/TEMPO MVFR THROUGH TUESDAY. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM/THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 7:30 PM FRIDAY...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WITH 2 FT SEAS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATERS THIS EVENING. FORECAST REMAINS UNCHANGED. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS: OUTSIDE OF TSTMS NO REAL PROBLEMS EXPECTED ON THE WATERS WITH LIGHT WINDS OVERALL AND SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS...AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS IN VICINITY OF THE AREA. MOST STORMS SHOULD STAY OVER LAND BUT TONIGHT CELLS MAY BEGIN TO FAVOR THE 0-20 NM WATERS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET IN A MIX OF SE WAVES 1-1.5 FT EVERY 8-9 SECONDS AND S WAVES 0.5-1 FT EVERY 3-4 SECONDS. WITHIN TSTMS WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM FRIDAY...PREFRONTAL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ON SATURDAY SHOULD REMAIN AT 10 KT PREVENTING SEAS FROM ATTAINING HEIGHTS MORE THAN 2 FT. LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT DRAWS NEAR THE COAST THERE MAY BE A GENTLE BACKING OF THE FLOW FOLLOWED BY A MORE PRECIPITOUS VEER ON SUNDAY ASSOCIATED WITH ACTUAL FROPA. THE FRONT WILL NOT MOVE VERY FAR TO OUR SOUTH BEFORE STALLING WHICH PRECLUDES MUCH OF A SURGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND THUS ANY HIGHER WINDS. THUS THE VEER TO ENE FLOW APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN EFFECT OF THE FROPA AS WIND SPEEDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS REMAIN UNCHANGED...ALTHOUGH WAVE PERIODS MAY SHORTEN UP A BIT. LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 3 PM FRIDAY...DIMINISHING NORTHERLY SURGE AT THE START OF THE PERIOD WILL LEAVE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS OVER THE WATERS FOR MUCH OF MON AND TUE GIVEN PROXIMITY TO THE STALLED FRONT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL DROP IN FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE PERIOD. THIS FRONT IS MORE DEFINED AND SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONGER NORTHERLY SURGE LATER WED INTO WED NIGHT. WINDS WILL APPROACH A SOLID 15 KT WED NIGHT WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KT POSSIBLE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD WILL BUILD AS HIGH AS 5 FT AS THE PERIOD ENDS DUE TO THE PROLONGED AND STEADILY INCREASING NATURE OF THE NORTHERLY SURGE. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MBB NEAR TERM...MJC/REK SHORT TERM...MBB LONG TERM...III AVIATION...MRR MARINE...MJC/REK/III/MBB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 708 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-132315- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 708 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-132315- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 708 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was reported on Wooster and Dawson Streets, as well as Dawson and 16th Street.
Flooding was reported on Beasley Road near Beaver Creek.
Flooding was reported at the intersection of Putnam and Medallion.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, September 2014
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: 543625, 543626, 543627.