Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 1997, 6:51 AM EDT for Lee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 69 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
- Jul 24, 1997, 6:51 AM EDT (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1997, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 241058 FFWRDU NCC105-241200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 651 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 LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...LEE COUNTY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS IN LEE COUNTY HAVE CAUSED SOME ROAD CLOSURES IN AND NEAR SANFORD DUE TO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. SOME SMALL STREAMS ARE LIKELY OUT OF THEIR BANKS AS WELL. 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. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL BE ENDING AROUND 8 AM AND WATERS SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEED SHORTLY AFTER. SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD. THEREFORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING LATER TODAY IS NOT EXPECTED.
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 24, 6:20 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-250000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 620 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997 ...SLIGHT RIST OF SEVERE STORMS OVER EAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MID MORNING... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING... MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROCKY MOUNT TO RALEIGH... PITTSBORO AND LAURINBURG. THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING WILL BE FROM VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE BEFORE MID MORNING. THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION DANNY WILL MOVE FROM THE SANDHILLS ACROSS THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN AND CENTRAL COASTAL AREA THIS MORNING. EAST OF THIS CIRCULATION TRACK... VERY HEAVY RAINBANDS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. AS MUCH AS ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE... AND THIS CAN EASILY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. ALSO... STRONG WINDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND MAY COME DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO BRIEF BUT GUSTY AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS ALSO FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF WARM MOIST AIR WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER... THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. AS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY LAST THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE MORNING... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. HOWEVER... ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CAN BE HELPFUL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. GIH ********************************************************************* 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 24, 6:23 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-250000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 620 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997 ...SLIGHT RIST OF SEVERE STORMS OVER EAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MID MORNING... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING... MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROCKY MOUNT TO RALEIGH... PITTSBORO AND LAURINBURG. THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING WILL BE FROM VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE BEFORE MID MORNING. THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION DANNY WILL MOVE FROM THE SANDHILLS ACROSS THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN AND CENTRAL COASTAL AREA THIS MORNING. EAST OF THIS CIRCULATION TRACK... VERY HEAVY RAINBANDS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. AS MUCH AS ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE... AND THIS CAN EASILY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. ALSO... STRONG WINDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND MAY COME DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO BRIEF BUT GUSTY AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS ALSO FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF WARM MOIST AIR WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER... THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. AS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY LAST THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE MORNING... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. HOWEVER... ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CAN BE HELPFUL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. GIH ********************************************************************* 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 24, 6:25 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-241515- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 620 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997 ...SLIGHT RIST OF SEVERE STORMS OVER EAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MID MORNING... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING... MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROCKY MOUNT TO RALEIGH... PITTSBORO AND LAURINBURG. THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING WILL BE FROM VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE BEFORE MID MORNING. THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION DANNY WILL MOVE FROM THE SANDHILLS ACROSS THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN AND CENTRAL COASTAL AREA THIS MORNING. EAST OF THIS CIRCULATION TRACK... VERY HEAVY RAINBANDS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. AS MUCH AS ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE... AND THIS CAN EASILY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. ALSO... STRONG WINDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND MAY COME DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND LEAD TO BRIEF BUT GUSTY AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS ALSO FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF WARM MOIST AIR WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER... THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. AS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY LAST THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE MORNING... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. HOWEVER... ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CAN BE HELPFUL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. GIH ********************************************************************* 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 24, 2:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 87 min |
| Jul 24, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 8 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 14 min |
| Jul 24, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 2 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.