Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 5, 2002Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2002, 11:01 PM EDT for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 119 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 5, 2002, 11:01 PM EDT (03:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2002, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Lenoir County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2002-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1419 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2002-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KMHX 060301
FFWMHX
NCC107-060500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
1100 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER KINSTON. RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT ANOTHER 1 TO POSSIBLY 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY 
THROUGH 100 AM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 
FLOODING.

* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
   ADKINS BRANCH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. 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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

$$

LAT...LON 3526 7770 3520 7759 3526 7748 3536 7759

6
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS72 KMHX 060406
FFSMHX
NCC107-060500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
1206 AM EDT SAT JUL 6 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LENOIR COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM EDT...

AT 1205 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER GREENE COUNTY 
CONTINUE TO DROP SLOWLY SOUTH OVER EASTERN LENOIR COUNTY. HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS WILL DROP ANOTHER 1/2 INCH OR SO OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. 

FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
   KINSTON. THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE ALONG ADKINS     
   BRANCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF KINSTON. 


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.

5

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPitt67 min
Jul 5, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin65 min
Jul 5, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXJones61 min
Jul 5, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXOnslow58 min
Jul 5, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret53 min
Jul 5, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 min
Jul 5, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX91 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.