Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2000, 5:10 PM EDT for Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2000, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Craven County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KMHX 182204
FFWMHX
NCC049-190000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
510 PM EDT MON SEP 18 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING
FROM AROUND NEW BERN AND HAVELOCK SOUTHWEST ALONG THE COAST TO WILMINGTON.
THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL TRACK
OVER SOUTHERN CRAVEN COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM...AND WILL PRODUCE AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE AREA. MOST LOW LYING AREAS
ARE ALREADY UNDER WATER AND THE HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
FLOODING.
* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND
NEW BERN
JAMES CITY
NEUSE FOREST.
RIVERDALE
CROATAN
HAVELOCK
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
NNNN
LAT...LON 3483 7710 3485 7675 3489 7665 3495 7669
3496 7691 3512 7705 3508 7712
CORRECTED FOR HEADER...WAS ACCIDENTALLY SENT AS FFAMHX.
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Onslow | 81 min |
| Sep 18, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Onslow | 56 min |
| Sep 18, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Onslow | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 33 min |
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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.