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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 13, 2005Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2005, 4:59 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 91 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2005, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2005, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 91 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 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 132059
FFWRAH
NCC163-132230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
459 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAMPSON 
COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLINTON...
  HARGROVE CROSSROADS...MIDWAY...PINEY GREEN...ROSEBORO AND
  SUTTONTOWN.

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 VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. DONT DROWN...TURN AROUND.

NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS
AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT
CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND
STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE.

LAT...LON 3522 7821 3498 7815 3491 7852 3499 7862
      3518 7863

$$

WSS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS72 KRAH 132232
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
628 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

NCC163-132238-
SAMPSON NC-
628 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY 
EXPIRES AT 630 PM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN AHS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 
2 AND 3 INCHES FELL NORTH OF CLINTON. THER HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF 
FLOODING FROM NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY.  PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED 
TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. 
THS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY KEEP CREEKS AND STREAMS RUNNING 
HIGH FOR A WHILE LONGER.

LAT...LON 3522 7821 3498 7815 3491 7852 3499 7862
      3518 7863

$$

WSS

000 
WGUS72 KRAH 132233 CCA
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPOS 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
628 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

NCC163-132238-
SAMPSON NC-
628 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY 
EXPIRES AT 630 PM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 
2 AND 3 INCHES FELL NORTH OF CLINTON. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF 
FLOODING FROM NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY.  PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED 
TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. 
THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY KEEP CREEKS AND STREAMS RUNNING 
HIGH FOR A WHILE LONGER.

LAT...LON 3522 7821 3498 7815 3491 7852 3499 7862
      3518 7863

$$

WSS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	29 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	32 min
Jul 13, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	33 min
Jul 13, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	37 min
Jul 13, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	22 min
Jul 13, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	31 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2005 Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.