Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Sep 28, 1999, 4:34 AM EDT (08:34 UTC)

Expired

Sep 28, 1999, 11:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Wayne County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KRDU 280835
FFWRDU
NCC191-281500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
434 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 425 AM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE MODERATE RAINS ACROSS EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY WITH
EMBEDDED ISOLATED HEAVY RAINS. THE RAIN IS ONLY SLOW MOVING NORTH
AND OTHER AREAS OF RAIN ARE ADVANCING NORTH. ALTHOUGH THE IMMEDIATE
THREAT APPEARS TO FROM US 70 EAST OF GOLDSBORO NORTH TO THE WILSON
COUNTY LINE...THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL EXIST IN
AND NEAR THE WARNED AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

LAKE WACKENA DAM SOUTHEAST OF SEYMOUR JOHNSTON AIR FORCE BASE
FAILED THIS MORNING DUE TO HEAVY RAINS. THAT SITUATION IS UNDER
CONTROL AND ALL TRAVEL IN THAT AREA SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY FOR NEW FLOODING AND
EXPECT POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES OR DELAYS.

ALL RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WARNED AREA ARE URGED TO CLOSELY
MONITOR THE LOCAL WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION.
*

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

RLH

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 28, 3:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
3 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 1999

PLAN TO LET EXTEND WATCH FOR COUNTIES LISTED BELOW TO 00Z 29TH.
FLOOD THREAT IS ISOLATED TO EASTERNMOST PART OF OUR CWA. ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS NOT YET RULED OUT IN THIS AREA.

WEDNESDAY:
NGM CLOSELY FOLLOWS OLD ETA WITH LA VORT ADVANCING TO W NC BY 18Z
WEDNESDAY. NEW AVN ARRIVES AT THE SAME CONCLUSION WITH VORT IN
CENTRAL NC AT 48H. ALL MODELS STILL ADVERTISE GOOD VEERING OF LOW
LEVEL WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. ALL ALSO AGREE ON LOW LEVEL JET
SUPPORT MOVING IN WITH VORT WEDNESDAY. WITH RELATIVELY GOOD
CONTINUITY BETWEEN MODELS AND OVER A COUPLE OF RUNS...WILL ACCEPT
THIS FEATURE AS REALITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST POPS.

TODAY/TONIGHT:
WEAKENING SC VORT FCST TO MOVE N INTO NC TODAY BY NGM WHILE AVN
REJECTING THIS IDEA. GOOD VEERING OF WINDS IN LOW LEVELS FCST AND
DEEP MOISTURE PERSISTS. NOT IMPRESSED WITH VORT HARD TO FIGHT HIGH
POP NUMBERS ON NUMERIC GUIDANCE. THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A LULL IN
DYNAMICS OVERNIGHT...ENOUGH TO DROP POPS ALL THE WAY BACK TO LOW
LIKELIHOOD.

TEMPS WILL CONTINUE RAIN SUPPRESSED DURING THE DAY WITH TIGHT
DIURNAL SPREADS.

.RAH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR EDGECOMBE..WILSON..WAYNE

RLH

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.