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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 8, 2005Bertie County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2005, 10:09 AM EDT for Bertie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2005, 10:09 AM EDT (14:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2005, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bertie County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 8, 11:26 AM EDTFLASH FLOODWindsor, NCSUTTON DRIVE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 793 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KAKQ 081412
FFWAKQ
NCC015-081615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1009 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1005 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR          
  WINDSOR...

* THE STORMS CAPABLE PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE          
  COUNTYWIDE OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA THROUGH 1215 PM EDT.

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.

LAT...LON 3601 7734 3584 7677 3623 7676 3621 7724

$$

BROWN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 12:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton119 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.