Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 1995, 2:11 AM EDT for Johnston County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 109 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1995, 2:11 AM EDT (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1995, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 109 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnston County, NC, Wake County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 933 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 280613 FFWRDU NCC101-183-280800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 211 AM EDT MON AUG 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...JOHNSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN WAKE COUNTY AT 200 AM...RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WAKE COUNTY AND JOHNSTON COUNTY. RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRING OVER EASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY BETWEEN SMITHFIELD AND KENLY AT 2 AM. ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR...RAINFALL RATES IN EASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY HAVE BEEN 1.2 INCHES PER HOUR. RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS OF OVER FIVE INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE CRABTREE CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AT OLD WAKE FOREST ROAD IN RALEIGH. 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. 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 LOCNAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY. &
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, Aug 28, 2:05 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
205 AM EDT MON AUG 28 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
530PM HYCO LAKE
PERSON COUNTY NC CAMPERS EVACUATED
DUE TO FLOODING/
SEVERAL ROADS BEING
CLOSED.
630PM MOORE COUNTY NC ROADS FLOODING DUE
TO VERY HEAVY RAIN
700PM CHAPEL HILL/CARRBORO NC FLOODING ON ROADS
S ORANGE COUNTY AND CITY STREETS/
NUMEROUS CLOSINGS
^
700PM RALEIGH NC STREET FLOODING
WAKE COUNTY
810PM ALAMANCE COUNTY
NUMEROUS LOCATIONS/ NC FLOODING OF ROADS/
I-40/85 STREETS
845PM ROBBINS NC EVACUATIONS OF
MOORE COUNTY SEVERAL APARTMENTS DUE
TO FLOODING
910PM S OF FRANKLINTON NC HWYS 39...98...401
FRANKLIN COUNTY CLOSED IN PORTIONS DUE
TO FLOODING.
10PM NORTHEAST RALEIGH NC ATLANTIC AVE CLOSED
WAKE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING/FLOODING
OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES
ON CAPITAL BLVD/ I-440
BELTWAY...NE RALEIGH
1005PM SANFORD NC
LEE COUNTY SANDY PARK DAM LEAKING
EVACUATIONS IN SANFORD
^
1015PM CHAPEL HILL/CARRBORO NC 26 ROADS CLOSED/4
SRN PTNS ORANGE COUNTY APARTMENT COMPLEXES EVAC./
DAMAGE TO RAILROAD TRACKS
JUST W OF CHAPEL HILL/
1023PM WILSON
WILSON COUNTY NC MINOR FLOODING ON AIRPORT
BLVD ON US 264
1130PM FRANKLIN COUNTY NC FLOODING CONTINUES/SEVERAL
ROADS REMAIN CLOSED
1133PM SOUTHWEST NASH COUNTY NC MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS
IN SOUTHWEST SECTIONS/NO
ROADS CLOSED
1140PM NORTHEAST RALEIGH
WAKE COUNTY NC NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING. CRABTREE CREEK
FLOODING.
^
1159AM WAKE/HARNETT COUNTY BORDER NC 10.00 INCHES OF
NEAR CLAYTON RAIN REPORTED
BETWEEN 4PM AND 1145 PM.
(NWS EMPLOYEE)
PWBLocal storm report, Aug 28, 2:07 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
205 AM EDT MON AUG 28 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
....COUNTY LOCATION....
530PM HYCO LAKE
PERSON COUNTY NC CAMPERS EVACUATED
DUE TO FLOODING/
SEVERAL ROADS BEING
CLOSED.
630PM MOORE COUNTY NC ROADS FLOODING DUE
TO VERY HEAVY RAIN
700PM CHAPEL HILL/CARRBORO NC FLOODING ON ROADS
S ORANGE COUNTY AND CITY STREETS/
NUMEROUS CLOSINGS
^
700PM RALEIGH NC STREET FLOODING
WAKE COUNTY
810PM ALAMANCE COUNTY
NUMEROUS LOCATIONS/ NC FLOODING OF ROADS/
I-40/85 STREETS
845PM ROBBINS NC EVACUATIONS OF
MOORE COUNTY SEVERAL APARTMENTS DUE
TO FLOODING
910PM S OF FRANKLINTON NC HWYS 39...98...401
FRANKLIN COUNTY CLOSED IN PORTIONS DUE
TO FLOODING.
10PM NORTHEAST RALEIGH NC ATLANTIC AVE CLOSED
WAKE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING/FLOODING
OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES
ON CAPITAL BLVD/ I-440
BELTWAY...NE RALEIGH
1005PM SANFORD NC
LEE COUNTY SANDY PARK DAM LEAKING
EVACUATIONS IN SANFORD
^
1015PM CHAPEL HILL/CARRBORO NC 26 ROADS CLOSED/4
SRN PTNS ORANGE COUNTY APARTMENT COMPLEXES EVAC./
DAMAGE TO RAILROAD TRACKS
JUST W OF CHAPEL HILL/
1023PM WILSON
WILSON COUNTY NC MINOR FLOODING ON AIRPORT
BLVD ON US 264
1130PM FRANKLIN COUNTY NC FLOODING CONTINUES/SEVERAL
ROADS REMAIN CLOSED
1133PM SOUTHWEST NASH COUNTY NC MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS
IN SOUTHWEST SECTIONS/NO
ROADS CLOSED
1140PM NORTHEAST RALEIGH
WAKE COUNTY NC NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING. CRABTREE CREEK
FLOODING.
^
1159AM WAKE/HARNETT COUNTY BORDER NC 10.00 INCHES OF
NEAR CLAYTON RAIN REPORTED
BETWEEN 4PM AND 1145 PM.
> (NWS EMPLOYEE)
PWBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 10:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 118 min |
| Aug 27, 11:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Person | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Nash | 116 min |
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.