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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 31, 2002Pamlico County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2002, 5:55 AM EDT for Pamlico 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2002, 5:55 AM EDT (09:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2002, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Pamlico County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2002-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 424 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2002-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KMHX 310955
FFWMHX
NCC137-311300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
554 AM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 554 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING DOWNPOURS
  10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORIENTAL...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
   ORIENTAL.
   PAMLICO.
   WHORTONSVILLE...AND...MERRITT.
   FLORENCE.
   MARIBEL.
   MESIC.

OTHER LOCATIONS THAT CAN EXPECT FLOODING INCLUDE ALLIANCE...
ARAPAHOE...HOBUCKEN...LOWLAND...MINNESOTT BEACH...OLYMPIA AND SILVER
HILL.

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.

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 311136
FFSMHX
NCC137-311300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
734 AM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PAMLICO COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 AM EDT...

AT 734 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN 
AT TIMES CONTINUED OVER PAMLICO...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
ORIENTAL...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
   PAMLICO...AND...MERRITT.
   WHORTONSVILLE.
   FLORENCE.
   MARIBEL.
   MESIC...AND...VANDEMERE.
   HOBUCKEN.

OTHER LOCATIONS THAT CAN EXPECT FLOODING INCLUDE LOWLAND.

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.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3501 7673 3500 7651 3529 7647 3531 7674

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 1:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX42 min
Aug 31, 2:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX41 min

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.