Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1995, 2:45 AM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1995, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1995, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanly County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 070650 FFWRDU NCC167-070845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 245 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...STANLY COUNTY AT 245 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH STANLY COUNTY. HEAVIEST RAINS ARE FALLING FROM WEST CENTRAL STANLY TO NORWOOD IN SOUTHEAST STANLY. ONE HOUR RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST HOUR. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNED AREA IF POSSIBLE. 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THAT TIME.
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, Jul 6, 11:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1055 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995
ATTN SELS...
1045 PM EDT...........HEAVY FLOODING ALONG I-85 IN CHINA GROVE AREA
LOCATED IN ROWAN *COUNTY. REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER AND SHERIFF DEPT.
RNEWLocal storm report, Jul 6, 11:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1055 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...CORRECTION...
ATTN SELS...
1045 PM EDT...........HEAVY FLOODING ALONG I-85 IN CHINA GROVE AREA
LOCATED IN ROWAN COUNTY. NUMEROUS CARS STRANDED
ALONG HIGHWAY. REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER AND
SHERIFF DEPT.
...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE DISABLED VEHICLES
RNEWLocal storm report, Jul 6, 11:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1119 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995
ATTN SELS...
900 - 930 PM EDT......NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT ROWAN COUNTY.
REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS DEPT.
RNEWLocal storm report, Jul 6, 11:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1119 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995
ATTN SELS...
900 - 930 PM EDT......NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT ROWAN COUNTY.
REPORTED BY THE SHdERIFFS DEPT.
RNEWSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 12:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
NCZ074-084-083-070530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1235 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ANSON/MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AT 1230 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ANSON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO RICHMOND COUNTY BEFORE 1 AM. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...LOW VISIBILITIES...LIGHTNING... AND GUSTY WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADS OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NCZ074-084-083-070530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1235 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ANSON/MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AT 1230 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ANSON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO RICHMOND COUNTY BEFORE 1 AM. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FORZ BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...LOW VISIBILITIES...LIGHTNING... AND GUSTY WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADS OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 1:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 117 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.