Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Watches in 2006
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood watch at Jun 24, 2006, 4:41 AM EDT for 31 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 25, 2006, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2006, 4:41 AM EDT (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 25, 2006, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2006, 6:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Flood severity
- None
All 31 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 24, 3:45 AM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:45 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1235 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-240800- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 1235 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE LED TO A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... MAINLY IN NORTHERN SECTIONS FIRST. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH ISOLATED STORMS. ANY STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF LIGHTNING. A SINGLE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE OVER 100 CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKES IN JUST 15 MINUTES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE... AS THESE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING. AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR IN A FEW OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS... WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND SPOT FLOODING WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A PERSISTENT FLOW OF MOIST AIR OFF THE SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. RFG/GIH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:48 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 8:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Richmond | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2006Every flash flood watch in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.