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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 29, 1995Durham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1995, 5:42 AM EDT for Durham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1995, 5:42 AM EDT (09:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1995, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Durham County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2611 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 290943
FFWRDU
NCC063-105-291345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
542 AM EDT THU JUN 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...DURHAM COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...LEE COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS
HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS IN DURHAM AND LEE COUNTYS.
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES OR GREATER HAVE FALLEN IN THESE TWO COUNTYS
IN THE PAST 2 1/2 HOURS.
 
DURHAM COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 70 AND MINERAL SPRINGS ROAD
UNDER WATER AND THE D.O.T. HAS CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS. THE WARNING WILL
CONTINUE FOR THIS AREA.
 
IN LEE COUNTY SOME OF THE MAIN ROADS IN SANFORD ARE NEAR FLOODING AND
WITH ADDITIONAL RAINS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL
BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.
 
 
CLINE
 
FLOOD WATERS ARE HARDER TO SEE AT NIGHT AND MOST FLASH FLOOD
FATALITIES OCCUR AT NIGHT.  AVOID DRIVING ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
WATER TWO FEET DEEP CAN FLOAT MOST CARS OFF THE ROAD.  REPORT
FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  STAY ALERT IF YOU ARE IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS NEAR STREAMS
AND CREEKS.  WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.  BE PREPARED TO ACT
QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
 
 
 
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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

Local storm report, Jun 29, 12:58 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1258 AM EDT THU JUN 29 1995

TIME           EVENT
1206 AM EDT    MOORE COUNTY NC...MANY ROADS IN COUNTY FLOODED...
               AFFECTED COMMUNITIES: PINEHURST...SOUTHERN PINES...
               CARTHAGE...AND VASS.

JSJ
Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:28 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
127 AM EDT THU JUN 29 1995

TIME           EVENT
0126 AM EDT    ALAMANCE COUNTY NC...FLOODING IN BURLINGTON AND GRAHAM.

RHJ
Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
140 AM EDT THU JUN 29 1995

TIME           EVENT
0130 AM EDT    CHATHAM COUNTY NC...FLOODING IN SOUTHWEST PART OF
               THE COUNTY ON BONLEE BENNETT ROAD...STATE ROAD 1005
               ...6 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER ON THE ROAD.

JBP
Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:42 AM EDT, 4 hours before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
140 AM EDT THU JUN 29 1995

TIME           EVENT
0130 AM EDT    CHATHAM COUNTY NC...FLOODING IN SOUTHWEST PART OF
               THE COUNTY ON BONLEE BENNETT ROAD...STATE ROAD 1005
               ...6 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER ON THE ROAD.

JBP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 12:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHGuilford, Randolph4 hr
Jun 29, 1:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHDurham4 hr
Jun 29, 1:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHAlamance4 hr
Jun 29, 2:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHGranville, Person4 hr
Jun 29, 3:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHMoore, Richmond3 hr
Jun 29, 3:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHOrange3 hr
Jun 29, 4:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHScotland4 hr
Jun 29, 5:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHLee4 hr
Jun 29, 6:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHGranville, Wake4 hr
Jun 29, 6:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHAlamance4 hr
Jun 29, 7:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHOrange4 hr
Jun 29, 7:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHMoore4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.