Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Jun 18, 2003, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 2003, 8:15 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Anson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS52 KRAH 182215
FFWRAH
NCC007-123-190015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
613 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 613 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA. AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN    
  OVER ANSON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND AN   
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 730 PM.

* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE    
  WARNED AREA...AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE 
  FLOODING.

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 3551 7975 3483 7993 3485 8034 3510 8027
          3528 8007 3553 8004

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NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 18, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
300 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003

NO MAJOR CHANGE TO CURRENT FORECAST.
SOME ONE INCH TOTALS IN SIX HOURS ACROSS GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE. THAT
ALONE WILL NOT HARM ANYONE HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HEAVY
RAINS CONTINUES. WATCH AREA AND TIMING REASONABLE AND WILL CONTINUE
AS ISSUED.

VERY LITTLE ADJUSTMENT TO FORECAST OVERALL. HIGH TEMPERATURES NUDGED
UP SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE WEEKEND. LATER FORECAST PERIODS DRIED OUT
WITH NO POPS. COLD FRONT STILL ON TRACK TO MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT FRIDAY BUT POPS WILL LINGER IN THE EAST LONGER THAN EARLIER
EXPECTED AND HAVE CONTINUED POPS INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON THERE.

.RAH...FLOOD WATCH FROM 5 PM EDT THROUGH TONIGHT
NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-074-083

RLH

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-181200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
450 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER
TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
DUMP LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH AND WEST
SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD
STATEMENT (RDUFLSRAH) ISSUED AT 4 AM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...TRANQUIL WEATHER CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPOTTERS...HOWEVER...ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY THREATENING
WEATHER OR OBSERVED FLOODING IN THEIR AREA TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

WSS

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.