Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2004, 11:10 AM EDT for Person 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2004, 11:10 AM EDT (15:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2004, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Person County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KRAH 301515 FFWRAH NCC145-301715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1110 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 115 PM EDT * AT 1110 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH RAINFALL RATES OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR EXTENDING FROM ROXBORO TO SOUTH HILL VIRGINIA. THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ALL OF PERSON COUNTY INCLUDING ROXBORO THROUGH 1230 PM. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE RESULTING IN FLOODING OF ROADS AND CREEKS. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND... CONCORD... CUNNINGHAM... GORDONTON... PEEDS STORE... ROXBORO... SURL... WOODSDALE... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS REPORTING A FEW ROADS BEING CLOSED IN ROXBORO DUE TO RISING WATER. MANY STORM DRAINS ARE BACKING UP AND FLOODING IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN TOWN. 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. LAT...LON 3655 7880 3623 7880 3624 7916 3656 7915 $$ 04
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KRAH 301633 FFSRAH NCC145-301715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1228 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PERSON COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM... AT 1227 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM ROXBORO AND BETHEL HILL NORTHEAST TO SOUTH HILL VIRGINIA. THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS PERSON COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS IN ROXBORO INCLUDING MADISON ROAD AND LEESBURG ROAD ARE CLOSED. OUTSIDE OF TOWN SOME ROADS OVER EASTERN PERSON COUNTY ARE FLOODING. MILL CREEK NORTH EAST OF ROXBORO IS FLOODING BOTH MILL CREEK ROAD AND TODD ROAD. LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WOODSDALE... SURL...ROXBORO...PEEDS STORE...GORDONTON...CUNNINGHAM...CONCORD. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. DO NOT DROWN...TURN AROUND. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEARBY FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. $$ 04
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Johnston, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Person | 3 hr |
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.