Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2009, 8:50 AM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2009, 8:50 AM EDT (12:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2009, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jun 16, 7:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 7:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 443 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 NCZ007>009-021>027-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-170845- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM- FRANKLIN-NASH-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 443 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND OTHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED FLOODING OR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ010-011-028-170845- WARREN-HALIFAX-EDGECOMBE- 443 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS TODAY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE... WHICH COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS... ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS... UNDERPASSES... AND IN CITIES AND TOWNS. OTHERWISE... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND OTHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED STREET FLOODING OR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GIH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 526 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 NCZ025-040-041-161100- DURHAM-CHATHAM-WAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DURHAM...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH 526 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 ...SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE TRIANGLE AREA THROUGH 7 AM... AT 520 AM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA SHOWERS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF WAKE... CHATHAM... AND DURHAM COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 7 AM WITH THESE SHOWERS. SOME LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE HEAVY SHOWERS INCLUDE... RALEIGH... CARY... APEX... DURHAM... FEARRINGTON... MORRISVILLE.. AND GARNER. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. BSD
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 615 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 NCZ011-027-028-043-161200- HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 615 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 ...SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH 8 AM... AT 615 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 AM. SOME LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... WILSON... ROCKY MOUNT... NASHVILLE... ENFIELD... AND TARBORO. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS OVER THE ROADWAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. BSD
Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
637 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0634 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 SSW RALEIGH 35.79N 78.65W
06/16/2009 WAKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 3 FEET OF WATER OVER THE
INTERSECTION OF ST. MARYS STREET AND PEACE STREET IN
RALEIGH.
&&
BSDLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
739 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 ENE BAILEY 35.79N 78.08W
06/16/2009 NASH NC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
PUBLIC REPORTS AND DOT REPORTS OF FLOODING NEAR WEST
HORNE CHURCH ROAD AND CHRISTIAN ROAD.
&&
DJFLocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:21 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
821 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 SW RALEIGH 35.77N 78.69W
06/16/2009 WAKE NC NWS EMPLOYEE
SECTION OF AVENT FERRY ROAD BETWEEN GORMAN STREET AND
VARSITY DRIVE CLOSED BY 1-2 FEET OF WATER.
&&
VINCENTLocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:37 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
837 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0833 AM FLASH FLOOD 6 S RALEIGH 35.73N 78.63W
06/16/2009 WAKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED 6 INCHES OF MOVING WATER OVER THE ROAD
ON OLD GARNER ROAD SOUTH OF TRYON ROAD.
&&
ELLISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 22 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wilson | 111 min |
| Jun 16, 12:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 52 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 26 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009
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.