Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Nov 28, 1988, 4:12 AM EST (09:12 UTC)

Expired

Nov 28, 1988, 9:15 AM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

County New Castle County, DE

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
412 AM EST MON NOV 28 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHERN DELAWARE
          ...NORTHERN NEW CASTLE
 
HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OCCURRED ACROSS MOST OF
NORTHERN DELAWARE OVERNIGHT. THE WATER LEVEL OF MANY SMALL STREAMS
THROUGHOUT NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY HAS RISEN TO NEAR BANKFUL.
 
IN PARTICULAR...THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE HAS ALREADY
CLIMBED TO ITS BANKFUL STAGE OF 9 FEET...AND CONTINUES TO RISE.
 
ADDITION SHOWERS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE QUITE HEAVY...ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND MORE WIDESPREAD SMALL
STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTION
IMMEDIATELY.
 
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDzONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
LC

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
320 AM EST MON NOV 28 1988

AT 315 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS SOUTH
FROM NEAR NEW BERN...ACROSS JACKSONVILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STANDING W>ATER IN LOW LYING AREAS
AND VISIBILITY SHARPLY REDUCED IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS.  THERE HAS
BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THESE STORMS UNLESS CONDITIONS
DETERIORATE.

TGO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
4 AM EST MON NOV 28 1988

  ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

   ...GALE WARNINGS FOR COASTAL WATERS AND SOUNDS...

AT 345 AM...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM FOR MOST OF
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA EXCEPT DARE COUNTY.

AT 330 AM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS MOVING
ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
SOUTH OF WILMINGTON ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA.   THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...
HEAVY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
n35 MILES AN HOUR.
LEIN

Flash Flood Warnings in Delaware, 1988Every flash flood warning in 1988

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