Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1992, 5:32 PM EDT for Durham County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1992, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Durham County, NC, Wake County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 262133 FFWRDU NCC063-183-270130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 532 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...DURHAM COUNTY...WAKE COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DURHAM COUNTY AND EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WAKE COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN DURHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES THIS EVENING. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN DURHAM COUNTY. IN WAKE COUNTY...LEVELS ARE RISING RAPIDLY ON CRABTREE CREEK AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING. 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, Jun 26, 1:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
NCZ006-007-251815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 110 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 110 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN NORTHWESTERN WILKES AND SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY NEAR CHERRY LANE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MRR
Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
252 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992
ATTN SELS...
145 PM WILKES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT HAD REPORT OF TREE DOWN.
205 PM ANOTHER TREE REPORTED DOWN BY WILKES COUNTY SHERIFF.
BOTH REPORTS WERE IN CITY OF WILKESBORO IN WESTERN PORTION
OF THE COUNTY.
GTRSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
NCZ006-007-251950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 250 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WILKES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM... AT 245 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM STOKES AND SURRY COUNTIES INTO SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS WILKES COUNTY. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF CYCLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF WILKES COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MRR
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
NCZ006-007-252045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 345 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM... AT 340 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF WINSTON-SALEM IN FORSYTH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...LOCALIZhED FLOODING...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES..MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MRR
Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
400 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992
TIME EVENT
315 PM EDT ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED BY APEX POLICE IN SOUTHWEST WAKE
COUNTY.
MDnVSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 4:33 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
NCZ006-007-262200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 430 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 68 min |
| Jun 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 116 min |
| Jun 26, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.