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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 24, 19975 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 1997, 2:00 AM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 6 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 24, 1997, 2:00 AM EDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1997, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1496 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
1496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 240611
FFWRDU
NCC007-123-125-153-167-093-165-241200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
2 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...ANSON COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...MOORE COUNTY
   ...RICHMOND COUNTY...STANLY COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...HOKE COUNTY...SCOTLAND COUNTY
 
THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DANNY ARE PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS
OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTH PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. HEAVY RAINS ARE
SLOWLY SPREADING INTO THE SANDHILLS TO THE EAST.
 
HEAVY RAINS IN THE WADESBORO/ALBEMARLE AREAS WEDNESDAY HAVE SATURATED
SOILS...AND INCREASED RUNOFF IS CAUSING SEVERAL STREAMS TO EXCEED THEIR
BANKS. SEVERAL ROADS ARE REPORTED CLOSED.
 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH
RAINFALL EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD SUNRISE IN THE ALBEMARLE-
WADESBORO AREAS...AND BY MIDMORNING IN THE RAEFORD AND PINEHURST AREAS.
 
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 LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY.
 
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.
 
DRIVERS ALONG SECONDARY, COUNTY, AND DIRT OR GRAVEL ROADS NEED TO
TAKE EX@TRA PRECAUTION BECAUSE OF THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.  IF
YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN WATER, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.  CAMPERS NEAR STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE AND
SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS NOW.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 2:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHHoke, Scotland6 hr
Jul 24, 6:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHHarnett2 hr
Jul 24, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHLee69 min
Jul 24, 7:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWake87 min
Jul 24, 8:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance3 hr
Jul 24, 8:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWarren3 hr
Jul 24, 8:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHDurham2 hr
Jul 24, 9:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson3 hr
Jul 24, 10:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWake8 hr
Jul 24, 11:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson2 hr
Jul 24, 11:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHHalifax2 hr
Jul 24, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford36 min
Jul 24, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance14 min
Jul 24, 6:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHSampson2 hr

Nearby

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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.