Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 14, 1994, 6:51 AM EDT for Onslow County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 1994, 6:51 AM EDT (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 1994, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILM 141055 RRA FFWILM NCC133-141-141300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 651 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...ONSLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...PENDER COUNTY AS OF 645 AM...ONSLOW COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTED ONE FOOT OF WATER ACROSS KING ROAD AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 53 NEAR THE ONSLOW-PENDER COUNTY LINE. HEWITT 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, Oct 14, 2:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
NCZ097-098-100-101-141100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 220 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 1994 ...RAIN CONTINUES TO SOAK SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WAS CONTINUING TO DRENCH SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. AT THIS TIME...THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF MAJOR FLOODING. SOME MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BRUNSWICK AND ONSLOW COUNTIES. THIS FLOODING WAS MAINLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. SOME FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY AROUND HIGH TIDE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. HEWITT
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 2:21 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
NCZ097-098-100-101-141100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 220 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 1994 ...RAIN CONTINUES TO SOAK SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WAS CONTINUING TO DRENCH SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. AT THIS TIME...THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF MAJOR FLOODING. SOME MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BRUNSWICK AND ONSLOW COUNTIES. THIS FLOODING WAS MAINLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. SOME FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY AROUND HIGH TIDE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. HEWITT
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 6:17 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
NCZ097-098-100-101-141700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 617 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 1994 ...RAIN CONTINUES TO SOAK PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO DRENCH PORTIONS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. THE RAIN WHICH WAS HEAVY AT TIMES...WAS FALLING OVER SECTIONS OF ONSLOW...PENDER AND CARTERET COUNTIES. SOME MINOR FLOODING HAD OCCURRED NEAR CEDAR POINT IN CARTERET CIUNTY. THE CARTERET COUNTY SHERIFF`S DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER ACROSS SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 24. NO MAJOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. SOME FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. HEWITT
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 6:18 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
NCZ097-098-100-101-141700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 617 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 1994 ...RAIN CONTINUES TO SOAK PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO DRENCH PORTIONS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. THE RAIN WHICH WAS HEAVY AT TIMES...WAS FALLING OVER SECTIONS OF ONSLOW...PENDER AND CARTERET COUNTIES. SOME MINOR FLOODING HAD OCCURRED NEAR CEDAR POINT IN CARTERET CIUNTY. THE CARTERET COUNTY SHERIFF`S DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER ACROSS SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 24. NO MAJOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. SOME FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. HEWITT
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 6:19 AM EDT, 32 minutes before
NCZ013>017-029>032-045>047-081-103-104-501-502-141500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC 620 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 1994 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER THE OUTER BANKS AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.. LOW PRESSURE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE OUTER BANKS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RF
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 6:20 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
NCZ013>017-029>032-045>047-081-103-104-501-502-141500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC 620 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 1994 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER THE OUTER BANKS AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.. LOW PRESSURE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE OUTER BANKS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RF
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.