Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Sep 15, 1997, 4:41 AM EDT (08:41 UTC)

Expired

Sep 15, 1997, 7:00 AM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Duplin County, NC

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TTAA00 KMHX 150842
FFWMHX
NCC061-151100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
441 AM EDT MON SEP 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY
 
AT 439 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED PERSISTENT
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE BETWEEN 3 AND
4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN JUST SOUTH OF KENANSVILLE SINCE
330 AM.
 
RURAL LOCATIONS BETWEEN KENANSVILE AND WALLACE CAN EXPECT AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 530 AM WITH FLOODING
LIKELY IN THE ROUTE 11 AREA JUST NORTH OF CHARITY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTHERN DUPLIN
COUNTY BETWEEN 5 AND 6 AM.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
RVT

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 15, 2:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
220 AM EDT MON SEP 15 1997

ZFP: A BIT OF A TOUGH CALL ON CLD COVER ACROSS THE E TDA. SUGGEST THAT
WE CONTINUE PARTLY CLOUDY WELL INLAND AND NRN ZONES AND SHOOT FOR MOSTLY
CLOUDY SRN AREAS INCLUDING S COAST. POPS FROM 20/30 N TO 40/50 S. HIGH
TEMPS LOOK PRETTY GOOD IN CURRENT PACKAGE...LOW/MID 80S. CONTINUE LOW
POPS TUE FAR SRN ZONES FOR MAINLY AFTN TSRA ALONG SEA BREEZE.

CWF: STILL DEALING WITH A WEAK PRES PATTERN AND NO BIG CHANGES IN STORE.
QUITE A BIT OF VARIABILITY IN WND DIRECTIONS SINCE WATERS REMAIN UNSPLIT
WHICH IS STILL FINE WITH ME GIVEN INSIGNIFICANCE OF LIGHT FLOW. WILL
PROBABLY START OFF WITH A SE COMPONENT TDA AND CONTINUE VRBL TONIGHT...
BECOMING SE AGAIN TUE AFTN. SEAS 2-3 FT.

DISC: RATHER STABLE TO THE E OF AREA WHERE CONVECTION FIRING EARLY THIS
MORNING ACROSS SE NC. LOW LVL THETA SLOWLY INCREASING HOWEVER AND EXPECT
SE BLYR FLOW TO MAINTAIN THIS TREND. 00Z ETA SHOWS BEST LIFT AND CHCS
FOR CONVECTIVE RNFL ALG THE COAST BTWN 12Z AND 18Z. SOME SUBSIDENCE
IN THE WAKE OF SHORT WAVE SHOULD BEGIN TO FILTER OVR INLAND AREAS OF
ERN NC THIS AFTN PUTTING A LID ON FURTHER SHRA/TSRA...BUT STILL A CHC
OF SOME ACTIVITY LINGERING LATER TDA ALG SRN AND CENTRAL COASTS AND
THE OUTER BANKS. FOR TUE...THINGS LOOK A BIT MORE STBL BUT COULD SEE
A FEW TSRA ON THE SE COAST AS SEA BREEZE RUSHES INLAND WITH LIGHT SE
FLOW AND HIGH TIDE COMING IN AT MID AFTN.

.MHX...NONE.

RVT

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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