Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Sep 6, 1996, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 6, 1996, 12:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Wake County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KRDU 061004
FFWRDU
NCC183-061600-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
600 AM EDT FRI SEP 6 1996

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAKE COUNTY UNTIL NOON 
FOR CRABTREE CREEK...

...FLOODING ON CRABTREE CREEK WORST SINCE FAMOUS FLOODS IN 1973...

AT 600 AM THE LATEST READINGS FROM CRABTREE CREEK INDICATE THAT THE 
CREEK HAS ABOUT REACHED ITS CREST AND WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO FALL THIS 
MORNING. NEARLY 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE DRAINAGE AREA 
DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS AND MOST OF THE RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO THE 
NORTH IN ASSOCIATION WITH FRAN.

AT EBENEZER CHURCH ROAD... THE STAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE BUT FLOODING WAS 
OCCURRING IN THE VICINITY.

AT GLENWOOD AVENUE NEAR CRABTREE VALLEY... THE FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FT. 
THE LATEST STAGE WAS AT 23 FT. AT THIS LEVEL... THE CREEK HAS FLOODED 
ALL MALL PARKING LOTS... SOME LOWER LEVEL STORES IN THE MALL WILL BE 
FLOODED... THE EXXON STATION AT THE BRIDGE IS AFFECTED... THE WATER HAS 
OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS AND FLOODING THE BRIDGE AS WELL AS GLENWOOD 
AVENUE. AT 24 FT GLENWOOD AVENUE IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.

AT ANDERSON DRIVE... THE FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FT. THE LATEST STAGE WAS AT 
22.9 FT. AT THIS LEVEL HOUSES ON CLERMONT DRIVE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD 
OPPOSITE THE CREEK ARE AFFECTED. THE BRIDGE CLEARANCE IS AT 21 FT AND 
WILL FLOOD AT 24 FEET.

AT WAKE FOREST ROAD THE FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FT. THE LATEST STAGE WAS AT 
21.6 FT. AT THIS STAGE CREEKSIDE DRIVE AT INDUSTRIAL DRIVE IS 
FLOODED... OXFORD ROAD IS FLOODED... AL SMITH BUICK AND KMART HAVE WATER 
FLOODED INSIDE THEIR BUILDINGS... WAKE FOREST ROAD AT RUCKER AND 
CREEKSIDE IS FLOODED... THE BRIDGE IS FLOODED... AND WAKE FOREST AT SIX 
FORKS IS FLOODED.

AT CAPITOL BLVD THE FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FT. THE LATEST STAGE IS 17.3 FT. 
AT THIS STAGE YONKERS ROAD AND THE OLD FARMERS MARKET ARE FLOODED. AT 
17.5 FT HODGES STREET AT ATLANTIC AVENUE IS FLOODED AND AT 19 FT THE CAR 
DEALERSHIP IS AFFECTED. 

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME THIS 
MORNING UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. BE 
PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS 
OBSERVED. PERSONS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM CRABTREE CREEK UNTIL THE 
FLOODING SUBSIDES LATER TODAY.

KRC

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.