Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 1997, 9:12 AM EDT for Davidson County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1997, 9:12 AM EDT (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1997, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Davidson County, NC, Stanly County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 231316 FFWRDU NCC057-151-123-125-167-231700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 912 AM EDT WED JUL 23 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... ...SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY...STANLY COUNTY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENED THROUGH 100 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL PIEDMONT. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM TO THE SOUTHWEST AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN INUNDATED IN THE FLASH FLOOD AREA. SMALL EARTHEN DAMS MAY ALSO BE UNDER PRESSURE BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN CAUSED BY TROPICAL MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE REMNANTS OF DANNY THAT HAS COLLIDED WITH THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAST NIGHT. REMNANTS OF DANNY ARE STILL WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST AND COULD HELP CAUSE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 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. REMEMBER...75 PERCENT OF ALL FLOOD RELATED DEATHS RESULT FROM PEOPLE DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS OR CHILDREN PLAYING NEAR FLOODED CREEKS OR STORM DRAINS. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOOD WATERS EVEN IF THEY APPEAR SHALLOW AND KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS.
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
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-231800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 545 AM EDT WED JUL 23 1997 (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MILES AN HOUR. AS THE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS HIGH...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN TERMS OF DAMAGING WIND OR HAIL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW. SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED...BUT ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CAN BE HELPFUL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. INCLUDING FLOODING CONDITIONS OR FLASH FLOODING EVENTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UP-TO-DATE WEATHER INFORMATION. JWC ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-231800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 545 AM EDT WED JUL 23 1997 (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MILES AN HOUR. AS THE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS HIGH...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN TERMS OF DAMAGING WIND OR HAIL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW. SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED...BUT ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CAN BE HELPFUL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. INCLUDING FLOODING CONDITIONS OR FLASH FLOODING EVENTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UP-TO-DATE WEATHER INFORMATION. JWC ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 12:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 1:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 2:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Moore | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Lee | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 115 min |
| Jul 23, 4:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 118 min |
| Jul 23, 5:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly | 105 min |
| Jul 23, 9:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 12 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.