Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1989, 4:11 PM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1989, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1989, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Halifax County, NC
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
411 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...HALIFAX
AT 410 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF HALIFAX COUNTY.
SINCE ABOUT 2 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND REPEATLY
MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED
THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THUS FAR. MORE HEAVY RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS THROUGH ABOUT 6 PM. THIS WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN THE FLOODING OF SOME SMALL STREAMS AND
ROADWAYS..ESPECAILLY IN SOUTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY.
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
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 1216 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS... AT 1210 PM RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WILKES AND WESTERN SURRY COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THESES AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. THIS BAND OF STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO STOKES...YADKIN AND NORTHERN IREDELL WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. TAKE SHELTER WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH. GR
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 1220 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN... AT 1220 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM OVER HALIFAX COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF HALIFAX. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT SHARP LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RFG
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 116 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMOND OF NC... AT 110 PM RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF IREDELL COUNTY... EXTREME NORTHEAST SURRY COUNTY EAST OF MT AIRY AND IN THE GREENSBORO AREA. THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE IN IREDELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THESES AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. TAKE SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH. GR
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 240 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FOOTHILS AND PIEDMONTS OF NC... AT 230 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST DAVIDSON..SOUTHERN DAVIE..MUCH OF IRDELL COUNTIES AND WEST INTO CATAWABA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THESES AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. TAKE SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH. SAS
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.