Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2003, 12:17 AM EDT for Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 118 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 10, 2003, 12:17 AM EDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2003, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KRAH 100419 FFWRAH NCC151-100615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1217 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 AM EDT * AT 1217 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY. * THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING AND WILL AFFECT... SEAGROVE. RANDLEMAN. RAMSEUR. LIBERTY. ASHEBORO. RADAR INDICATED THAT 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY OCCURRED OVER SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTY... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RAPIDLY RUNOFF AND PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. $$ PWB
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KRAH 100505 FFSRAH NCC123-151-100600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 105 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY THROUGH 215 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY THROUGH 230 AM... AT 103 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING FROM TROY AND BADIN LAKE NORTHEAST THROUGH SEAGROVE TO ASHEBORO AND RAMSEUR. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF TROY TO BADIN LAKE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AND THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY FROM MARTHA TO ASHEBORO AND RAMSEUR. AT 103 AM... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DUMP VERY HEAVY RAIN CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY BETWEEN NC 109 AND US 220... JUST NORTH OF TROY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED INTO MUCH OF RANDOLPH COUNTY. OFFICIALS IN BOTH COUNTIES REPORT THAT NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED WITH STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... TROY... ASHEBORO... RAMSEUR AND SEAGROVE. RURAL AREAS IN BETWEEN THESE TOWNS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING AS WELL. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES AT NIGHT. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ESTIMATE THE DEPTH. $$ BADGETT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 9, 9:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 9:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 945 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE THROUGH 300 AM FOR THE PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS... ONGOING CONVECTION... WITH CELL MERGERS AND TRAINING... WERE OVER AREAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT... AND CLIPPING THE NORTHWEST SANDHILLS REGION OF MOORE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. THE HARDEST HIT AREAS SO FAR WERE BURLINGTON TO HILLSBOROUGH TO NEAR ROXBORO. RAINFALL RATES CONTINUE VERY HIGH... IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE PER HOUR. OF COURSE... THESE RATES ON SATURATED GROUND ARE PRODUCING LOCAL FLASH FLOODING AGAIN THIS EVENING. WATER VAPOR INDICATES UPPER LEVEL JET ENERGY WAS KEEPING CONVECTION GOING STRONG ESPECIALLY OVER THE PIEDMONT. TIMING OF ONE UPPER LEVEL VORT WILL PASS THE REGION WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT... KEEPING CONVECTION GOING UNTIL THEN.... WITH ONLY SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESSION GIVEN RADAR CURRENT TRENDS. WILL LOWER POP EAST AND GO WITH CATEGORICAL POP W-N. .RAH...NONE. BADGETT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 5:22 AM EDT, 18 hours 55 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-100922- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 522 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM REPETITIVE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS SATURDAY MORNING IN COUNTIES ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF U.S. ROUTE 1. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... OUTSIDE OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM SCATTERED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT. RFG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 9, 9:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
901 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM HILLSBOROUGH NC FLASH FLOODS
08/09/03 ORANGE REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THE
NORTHERN HALF OF ORANGE
COUNTY INCLUDING SAWMILL
ROAD... WILKERSON ROAD...
ALLIE MOORE ROAD... AND
CARR STORE ROAD.
PWBLocal storm report, Aug 9, 9:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
911 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM VASS AND SOUTHERN PINES NC FLOOD
08/09/03 MOORE 911 CENTER REPORTS HIGH
WATER ON ROADS...LAKE ROAD
IS CLOSED.Local storm report, Aug 9, 9:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
919 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
850 PM ROXBORO NC FLOOD
08/09/03 PERSON FLOODING OF MOBILE HOME
PARK ON 501S IN ROXBORO.
PARK IS IN A LOW LYING
AREA.
PWBLocal storm report, Aug 9, 9:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
943 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM DURHAM NC FLOOD
08/09/03 DURHAM ROAD FLOODING...HWY 501
FROM MICKEY CIRCLE TO SMITH
DR UNDER WATER. CABIN
BRANCH...A CREEK IN
NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY...IS
FLOODING YARDS AND RUNNING
OVER BARCLAY ROAD.Local storm report, Aug 9, 10:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
1046 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1035 PM THOMASVILLE NC FLASH FLOODS
08/09/03 DAVIDSON RANDOLPH STREET IN
DOWNTOWN THOMASVILLE CLOSED
AT 1035 PM
MLMLocal storm report, Aug 9, 10:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
1057 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM DURHAM NC FLASH FLOODS
08/09/03 DURHAM 5 ROADS REPORTED IN
FLOOD...SNOW HILL...
GUESS... LATTA... CRESTVIEW
AND HOLLOWAY STREET
MLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 119 min |
| Aug 9, 9:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 93 min |
| Aug 9, 9:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 94 min |
| Aug 10, 12:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 100 min |
| Aug 10, 2:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 115 min |
| Aug 10, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 87 min |
| Aug 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.