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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 22, 2005Greene County, Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2005, 10:07 PM EDT for Greene County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 83 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 22, 2005, 10:07 PM EDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2005, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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
Jul 22, 10:10 PM EDTFLASH FLOODSnow Hill, NCWIDESPREAD FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS GREENE COUNTY
Jul 22, 10:30 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 6.51Kinston, NCSINCE 4PM EDT. REPORTED BY KINSTON MESO-NET SPOTTER

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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2220 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2005-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
2220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 KMHX 230209
FFWMHX
NCC079-107-230330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1007 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1006 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH
  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LINDELL TO
  11 MILES WEST OF MOSS HILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11
  MILES NORTHWEST OF SNOW HILL TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  BROGDEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
  LA GRANGE AROUND 1025 PM EDT...
  SNOW HILL AROUND 1040 PM EDT...
  LIZZIE AROUND 1050 PM EDT...
  MAURY AROUND 1055 PM EDT...
  HOOKERTON AROUND 1100 PM EDT...
  ORMONDSVILLE AROUND 1105 PM EDT...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA THROUGH 1130 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

LAT...LON 3558 7781 3516 7796 3509 7750 3546 7737

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS72 KMHX 230313
FFSMHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1112 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005

NCC079-107-230330-
LENOIR NC-GREENE NC-
1112 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR GREENE AND
LENOIR COUNTIES...

AT 1107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAINS WHICH MAY LEAD TO 
ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

LAT...LON 3558 7781 3516 7796 3509 7750 3546 7737

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXGreene, Lenoir119 min
Jul 23, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX38 min
Jul 23, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX24 min
Jul 23, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX23 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.