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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 10, 1996Anson County, Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 1996, 5:03 PM EDT for Anson County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 1996, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1996, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anson County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 681 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 102107
FFWRDU
NCC007-167-102300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
503 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN ANSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN STANLY COUNTY
 
AT 500 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
 
REPORT ANY FLOODING PROMPTLY TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 4:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHFranklin, Halifax, Warren115 min
Sep 10, 4:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWake115 min
Sep 10, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash30 min
Sep 10, 4:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHChatham3 hr
Sep 10, 5:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHLee, Moore2 hr
Sep 10, 6:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHFranklin, Halifax, Nash, Wake117 min
Sep 10, 6:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWake12 hr
Sep 10, 7:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHForsyth2 hr

Nearby

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.