Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Aug 27, 2008, 1:06 PM EDT (17:06 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Guilford County, NC

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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WGUS52 KRAH 271706
FFWRAH
NCC081-272000-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0049.080827T1706Z-080827T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
106 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GUILFORD COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE MCLEANSVILLE...HIGH
  POINT AND GREENSBORO.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY ROADS AND
INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD THREATENING MOTORISTS.
WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT
ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR
NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3624 7953 3589 7954 3591 8004 3625 8003

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SMITH

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.