Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2005, 6:49 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 116 min. 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
- Jul 1, 2005, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2005, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 Sw Albemarle, NC | SEVERAL STREETS COUNTYWIDE WITH HIGH WATER. SMALL CARS CANNOT GET THROUGH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KRAH 012250 FFWRAH NCC167-020045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 649 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER STANLY COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALBEMARLE...AUSTIN MILLS...PLYLER...RICHFIELD AND TUCKERTOWN. 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. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN ROCK HOLE CREEK...ISLAND CREEK...AND BIG BEAR CREEK. LAT...LON 3548 8029 3519 8047 3519 8008 3549 8017 $$ TDP
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KRAH 012341 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 740 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 NCC167-020045- STANLY NC- 740 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR STANLY COUNTY... AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALBEMARLE... AUSTIN MILLS...PLYLER...RICHFIELD AND TUCKERTOWN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SUCH AS ROCK HOLE CREEK...ISLAND CREEK...AND BIG BEAR CREEK. COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY FLOOD AS WELL. LAT...LON 3548 8029 3519 8047 3519 8008 3549 8017 $$ TDP
000 WGUS72 KRAH 020003 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 802 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 NCC167-020045- STANLY NC- 802 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR STANLY COUNTY... AT 801 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL STREETS COUNTYWIDE HAD HIGH WATER...AND WERE BECOMING IMPASSABLE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALBEMARLE... AUSTIN MILLS...PLYLER...RICHFIELD AND TUCKERTOWN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH. LAT...LON 3548 8029 3519 8047 3519 8008 3549 8017 $$ TDP
000 WGUS72 KRAH 020044 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 842 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 NCC167-020052- STANLY NC- 842 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STANLY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM EDT... LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN STANLY COUNTY HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. WHILE THE RAINFALL HAS LET UP...IT MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. DONT DROWN...TURN AROUND. LAT...LON 3548 8029 3519 8047 3519 8008 3549 8017 $$ TDP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 53 min |
| Jul 1, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 118 min |
| Jul 1, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 37 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.