Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 1998, 7:28 PM EDT for Wilson 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
- Aug 26, 1998, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1998, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 262330 FFWRDU NCC195-270300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 728 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WILSON COUNTY * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * AT 730 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS FOUR TO SIX INCHES OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS NEAR AND EAST OF THE CITY OF WILSON. A BREAK IN THE RAINS IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. HOWEVER HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY CLOSED SOME ROADS. MORE HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WARNING AREA ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS AND IN NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT CROSS FLOWING WATERS ON FOOT. RLH
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, Aug 26, 7:00 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-270400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 700 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1998 ... MAJOR FLOODING THREAT DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF BONNIE ... THE PURPOSE OF THIS STATEMENT IS TO EMPHASIZE THE THREAT OF FLOODING FROM BONNIE. DUE TO ITS VERY SLOW MOVEMENT BONNIE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING IN MANY EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ESPECIALLY THOSE COUNITES ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES ARE INDICATING RAINFALL RATES OF 2-4 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL BANDS. FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES. BONNIE IS FORECAST TO LINGER IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY BEFORE EXITING OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA AROUND 2 AM FRIDAY. IF THIS FORECAST TRACK PROVES TO BE TRUE... MANY EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS FLOODING. ^ A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF EASERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT EXISTING FROM ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF I-95 TO THE COAST. STAY INFORMED FOR FUTURE WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY FLOODING OR WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KK
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 7:00 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-270400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 700 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1998 ... MAJOR FLOODING THREAT DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF BONNIE ... THE PURPOSE OF THIS STATEMENT IS TO EMPHASIZE THE THREAT OF FLOODING FROM BONNIE. DUE TO ITS VERY SLOW MOVEMENT BONNIE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING IN MANY EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ESPECIALLY THOSE COUNITES ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES ARE INDICATING RAINFALL RATES OF 2-4 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL BANDS. FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES. BONNIE IS FORECAST TO LINGER IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY BEFORE EXITING OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA AROUND 2 AM FRIDAY. IF THIS FORECAST TRACK PROVES TO BE TRUE... MANY EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS FLOODING. ^ A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF EASERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT EXISTING FROM ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF I-95 TO THE COAST. STAY INFORMED FOR FUTURE WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY FLOODING OR WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KK
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.