Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 14, 1997Alamance County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1997, 12:37 AM EDT for Alamance County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 14, 1997, 12:37 AM EDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1997, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Alamance County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 1997-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1193 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 1997-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
1193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 140440
FFWRDU
NCC001-140645-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1237 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALAMANCE COUNTY
 
 
AT 1235 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALAMANCE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.
 
STREET AND ROAD FLOODING HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED BETWEEN
BURLINGTON AND MEBANE.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRIN0G 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.
 
 
 
RA

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

Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1045 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1032 PM    BADIN                     NC   0.75 HAIL REPORTED
06/13/97   STANLY                         IN BADIN AT 1032 PM.
                                          REPORTED BY CLT SKYWARN

1030 PM    NEW LONDON                NC   SEVERAL SMALL TREES DOWN
06/13/97   STANLY                         IN NORTHERN STANLY COUNTY.
                                          REPORTED BY DEPUTY SHERIFF

BADGETT
Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1045 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1032 PM    BADIN                     NC   0.75 HAIL REPORTED
06/13/97   STANLY                         IN BADIN AT 1032 PM.
                                          REPORTED BY CLT SKYWARN

1030 PM    NEW LONDON                NC   SEVERAL SMALL TREES DOWN
06/13/97   STANLY                         IN NORTHERN STANLY COUNTY.
                                          REPORTED BY DEPUTY SHERIFF

BADGETT
Local storm report, Jun 13, 11:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1108 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 PM    MONTGOMERY                NC   SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
06/13/97   10 W TROY                      DUE TO SEVERAL TREES AND
                                          LIMBS DOWN.

BADGETT
Local storm report, Jun 13, 11:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1108 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 PM    MONTGOMERY                NC   SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
06/13/97   10 W TROY                      DUE TO SEVERAL TREES AND
                                          LIMBS DOWN.

BADGETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHStanly34 min
Jun 13, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery37 min
Jun 13, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHForsyth30 min
Jun 13, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford39 min

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.