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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 26, 2003Hoke County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2003, 12:45 AM EDT for Hoke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 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: May 26, 2003, 12:45 AM EDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2003, 6:45 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Hoke County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KRAH 260451
FFWRAH
NCC093-261045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1245 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 AM EDT

* AT 1245 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* ROCKFISH ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO A POSSIBLE DAM FAILURE

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HOKE COUNTY CONTINUES. 
IN EASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN THE ROCKFISH AREA A DAM HOLDING BACK A 
LARGE POND IS THREATENING TO BREAK. ROCKFISH ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF 
THE 6500 BLOCK HAS BEEN CLOSED.

AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE ROCKFISH AREA REMAINS UNDER WATER AT 
MIDNIGHT. 

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY BEFORE 230 AM. 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL TONIGHT IN SOUTHERN HOKE 
COUNTY SHOULD BE AVOIDED TONIGHT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

$$

LAT...LON 3504 7945 3483 7934 3495 7904 3508 7911

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS72 KRAH 260639
FFSRAH
NCC093-261045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
240 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR HOKE COUNTY IN 
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 645 AM...

AT 1245 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 400 AM.

WIDESPREAD FLOODING HOKE COUNTY CONTINUES. IN EASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN 
THE ROCKFISH AREA...A DAM HOLDING BACK A LARGE POND IS THREATENING 
TO BREAK. ROCKFISH ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF THE 6500 BLOCK HAS BEEN 
CLOSED. VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEGUN ALONG ROCKFISH ROAD DUE TO 
THE POTENTIAL FOR DAM FAILURE.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH 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.

$$

DGS

000 
WGUS72 KRAH 260858
FFSRAH
NCC093-261045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
458 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR HOKE COUNTY IN 
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF HOKE COUNTY...AND 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING. HOWEVER 
THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN EASTERN HOKE COUNTY DUE 
TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAM FAILURE.

IN EASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN THE ROCKFISH AREA...A DAM HOLDING BACK A 
LARGE POND IS THREATENING TO BREAK. HOKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE TOP OF THE 
DAM...AND THE WATER LEVEL IN THE POND CONTINUES TO RISE. THE DAM 
COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME. VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS OF A COUPLE HUNDRED 
HOMES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ALONG ROCKFISH ROAD DUE TO THE POTENTIAL 
FOR DAM FAILURE.

IF FLASH 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.

$$

DGS/JO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 12:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland	4 hr
May 26, 1:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Hoke	6 hr
May 26, 7:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Hoke	6 hr

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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.