Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Sep 18, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Sep 18, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Forsyth County, NC

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS52 KRAH 182030
FFWRAH
NCC067-182230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
426 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 426 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE FORSYTH COUNTY...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND 
  WEST OF WINSTON-SALEM.

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNED AREA...
  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY OVERRUNNING 
ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

LAT...LON 3624 8005 3606 8005 3606 8046 3624 8042

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000 
WGUS72 KRAH 182107
FFSRAH
NCC067-182230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
459 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR FORSYTH COUNTY 
INCLUDING WINSTON-SALEM UNTIL 630 PM THIS EVENING.

FLASH FLOODING HAS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON SEVERAL HIGHWAYS... 
MOST NOTEABLY HIGHWAYS 52 AND 65 NORTHWEST OF WINSTON SALEM.  MILL 
CREEK AND MUDDY CREEK ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.  
PEOPLE ALONG THESE CREEKS SHOULD TAKE ACTION AND SEEK HIGHER 
GROUND.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE COMMUTER 
RUSH HOUR IN AND AROUND WINSTON SALEM.  HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD 
INTERSECTIONS...DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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

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.