Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 28, 2002Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2002, 10:09 AM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 111 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: Aug 28, 2002, 10:09 AM EDT (14:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2002, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 111 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Carteret County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 334 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 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 281409
FFWMHX
NCC031-281600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
1006 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1006 AM EDT...TORRENTIAL FLOODING DOWNPOURS CONTINUED TO MOVE 
ONSHORE FROM THE OCEAN. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE 
HOURS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING.

* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
   CEDAR POINT...AND...EMERALD ISLE.
   PELETIER...AND...CAPE CARTERET.
   INDIAN BEACH...AND...SALTER PATH.
   BROAD CREEK...AND...NEWPORT.
   PINE KNOLL SHORES...AND...ATLANTIC BEACH.   

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.

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.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE. IF YOUR
VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS72 KMHX 281512
FFSMHX
NCC031-281600-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT - CONTINUE WARNING FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
1106 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CARTERET COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON EDT...

AT 1110 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING DOWNPOURS 
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE THROUGH NOON. A TOTAL OF 3 
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY SINCE 800 
AM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE NOON.

FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
   STELLA....AND...NEWPORT.
   INDIAN BEACH...AND...SALTER PATH.
   EMERALD ISLE...AND...BROAD CREEK. 

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.

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.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE. IF YOUR
VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 1:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Carteret	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2002 Every 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.