Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 19, 2004Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2004, 8:28 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 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 19, 2004, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2004, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2004-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2004-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KRAH 200029
FFWRAH
NCC167-200230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
828 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 828 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ALBEMARLE.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...
  ALBEMARLE ALONG TOWN CREEK...
  AUSTIN MILLS ALONG LONG CREEK...
  MOUNTAIN CREEK NORTH OF ALBEMARLE NEAR HIGHWAY 740. 


MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER
THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

$$

WSS/BL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS72 KRAH 200118
FFSRAH
NCC167-200230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
911 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR STANLY COUNTY UNTIL 
1030 PM EDT...

AT 910 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER STANLY 
COUNTY... IN THE VICINITY OF ALBEMARLE. RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 6 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND ALBEMARLE SINCE 730 PM. AT 9 PM... 
STANLY COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE CITY 
OF ALBEMARLE AND ON SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 52 NORTH OF THE CITY... BUT 
ROADS WERE NOT CLOSED DUE TO HIGHS WATER AS OF YET.

CREEKS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE HEAVY 
RAINS INCLUDE MOUNTAIN CREEK... TOWN CREEK AND LONG CREEK.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER
THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT
ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE
AREAS OR NEARBY FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

$$

WSS
000 
WGUS72 KRAH 200240
FFSRAH
NCC167-200300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1035 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STANLY COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE
AT 1030 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN THAT CAUSED FLASH 
FLOODING AROUND ALBEMARLE DIMINISHED AROUND 10 PM. THUS THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

STANLY COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED AT 1015 PM NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE 
CITY OF ALBEMARLE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. FOUR WATER RESCUES HAD 
TO BE CARRIED OUT. TWO RESCUES INVOLVED CARS STALLED IN HIGH WATER 
WHILE TWO RESIDENCES HAD TO BE EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER. NO 
INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

HIGH WATER ACROSS THE CITY OF ALBEMARLE AND AREAS JUST NORTH OF 
TOWN WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGH 12 MIDNIGHT.

A REMINDER... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE 
YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE 
WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING 
WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. 
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

$$

WSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHScotland23 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.