Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1995, 7:00 AM EDT for Orange County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1995, 7:00 AM EDT (11:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1995, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 291056 FFWRDU NCC135-125-291500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 700 AM EDT THU JUN 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...MOORE COUNTY AT 700 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND MODERATE RAINS IN MOORE COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH IN THE PAST HOUR IN THESE AREAS...HOWEVER...SEVERAL ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALREADY UNDERWATER AT THIS TIME. THIS HAD BEEN REPORTED BY COUNTY OFFICIALS IN BOTH OF THESE COUNTIES. 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 FLOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. CLINE
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, 1:28 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 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, 5 hours 20 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.
JBPLocal storm report, Jun 29, 1:42 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 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.
JBPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 12:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Scotland | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Lee | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 4 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.