Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Raleigh, NC

000 
WGUS72 KRAH 121610
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1110 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

NCC065-069-083-127-185-121845-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-091112T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDGECOMBE NC-NASH NC-FRANKLIN NC-HALIFAX NC-WARREN NC-
1110 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR
WARREN...HALIFAX...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN NASH AND
EDGECOMBE COUNTIES...

AT 1050 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH 
RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED OVER THE PAST HOUR...BANDS OF HEAVIER 
RAIN JUST TO THE EAST OF HALIFAX AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES WILL 
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL 
PLAIN.  

LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE ALREADY REPORTED HIGH WATER ALONG CREEKS 
FLOWING INTO THE ROANOKE RIVER IN NORTHEAST HALIFAX COUNTY...AND 
PATCH RUBBER ROAD IN WELDON HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  
PERSISTENT RAINFALL INTO SWOLLEN STREAMS AND SATURATED SOILS WILL 
CONTINUE THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARRENTON...
ROANOKE RAPIDS...NORLINA...LITTLETON AND HALIFAX

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
RALEIGH.

&&

LAT...LON 3656 7790 3651 7788 3648 7765 3640 7755
      3632 7757 3632 7745 3624 7737 3621 7738
      3617 7728 3612 7725 3611 7724 3608 7731
      3600 7739 3585 7734 3579 7748 3567 7767
      3582 7775 3626 7831 3632 7828 3655 7832

$$

SMITH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
331 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ALONG THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST TODAY...PERSISTING JUST OFFSHORE INTO FRIDAY. AS A
RESULT...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST
ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO PULL AWAY FROM THE COAST LATE
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...AND A RETURN TO WARM AND SUNNY CONDITIONS IS
EXPECTED BY SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 315 AM THURSDAY...

...A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS *ALL* OF CENTRAL NC
THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
EVERYWHERE THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY...

OVERVIEW:
AN UNUSUAL AND EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE CONTINUES
TO DEEPEN THIS MORNING OFF THE NC COAST. THE NORTHERN STREAM
WAVE THAT DROPPED SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OH VALLEY YESTERDAY AND THE
SEVERAL SOUTHERN STREAM WAVES NOTED ON WV IMAGERY OVER THE SOUTHEAST
STATES HAVE FINALLY BEGUN TO PHASE OVER CENTRAL/WESTERN NC THIS
MORNING...AND AN IMPRESSIVE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE (AS A
RESULT OF THIS PHASING) OVER/NEAR THE SOUTHWEST NC PIEDMONT OR
NORTH-CENTRAL SC BY 12Z. THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE NC/SC BORDER TODAY...MOVING OFFSHORE AND
BECOMING VERTICALLY STACKED WITH THE SFC LOW BY 06-12Z FRI.

AS OF 06Z...THE SURFACE CYCLONE APPEARED TO BE CENTERED ROUGHLY 50
MILES SE OF CAPE FEAR. AT 06Z BUOY 41036 REPORTED A PRESSURE OF
995.8 MB...WITH A 40 KT SUSTAINED SE/ESE WIND GUSTING TO 51 KTS
(ALBEIT IN CONVECTION) THE 07Z OB FOR 41036 CAME IN AT 997.5 MB
WITH GUSTS TO 47 KT...PROBABLY MORE REPRESENTATIVE GIVEN THAT DEEP
CONVECTION WAS OVER 41036 AT 06Z. GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS AT
41036...THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE CYCLONE IS LIKELY A FEW
MILLIBARS LOWER...PROBABLY IN THE VICINITY OF 995 MB. THE CYCLONE IS
EXPECTED TO STALL OUT ABOUT 50-100 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN SURF CITY
AND CAPE HATTERAS TODAY INTO FRIDAY AS THE SYSTEM BECOMES VERTICALLY
STACKED. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FINALLY EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST/SE
AWAY FROM THE COAST FRIDAY EVENING/NIGHT.

MODELS VS OBSERVATIONS:
VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE FORECAST MODELS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERDONE WITH
THE STRENGTH OF THE COASTAL LOW AS OF 06Z THIS MORNING. ALL FORECAST
MODELS INDICATED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1000-1002 MB AT
06Z...WHILE THE 06Z OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE CLOSER TO 995 MB. OTHERWISE...THE FORECAST MODELS APPEAR
TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC SETUP THROUGH THE NEAR
TERM PERIOD.

PRECIPITATION:
LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW PRECIP INTENSIFYING OVER THE TRIAD...A LULL
ALONG/EAST OF THE TRIANGLE...AND A MUCH LARGER AREA OF INTENSIFYING
PRECIP OVER THE EASTERN 1/4 OF THE STATE. PRECIP BETWEEN THE
TRIANGLE-TRIAD APPEARS TO BE PRIMARILY ASSOC/W THE APPROACH/PHASING
OF THE NORTHERN/SOUTHERN STREAM WAVES...WHILE PRECIP OVER THE
EASTERN 1/4 OF THE STATE APPEARS TO BE ASSOC/W INTENSE LOW-LEVEL
(925-850 MB) FRONTOGENESIS IN ADDITION TO FORCING ALOFT ASSOC/W
NORTHERN STREAM ENERGY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE DEVELOPING UPPER
LOW. DIFFERENCES IN PLACEMENT/AMOUNT OF QPF BETWEEN THE MAJOR
FORCECAST MODELS MAKE IT SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHERE
EXACTLY THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL IN CENTRAL NC. LATEST THINKING
IS THAT THE AREA OF HEAVY PRECIP IN FAR EASTERN NC WILL BEGIN TO
SHIFT NORTH AND THEN WESTWARD INTO SOUTHCENTRAL/SOUTHEAST VA AND THE
TRIANGLE/NORTHEAST COASTAL PLAIN BY 12-18Z AS THE STRONGEST LOW
LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS SHIFTS FURTHER INLAND AND NORTHERN STREAM ENERGY
(CURRENTLY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE DEVELOPING UPPER LOW NEAR CAPE
FEAR) BEGINS TO PIVOT BACK TOWARD/INTO CENTRAL NC. THE AREA OF
PRECIP IN THE TRIAD AND VA MOUNTAINS SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE AND REFORM
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH/EAST LATER THIS MORNING AS THE NORTHERN/
SOUTHERN STREAM WAVES PHASE AND THE RESULTING VORTEX MOVES TO THE
SOUTH/EAST. AS A RESULT...THE TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF PRECIPITATION
MENTIONED ABOVE MAY ACTUALLY MERGE INTO ONE LARGE DEFORMATION BAND
BY THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION TODAY IS EXPECTED
TO BE ALONG/NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM THE
TRIANGLE AREA NORTH TO THE VA BORDER AND EAST TO RZZ/RWI. ANOTHER
MAXIMUM CLOSER TO THE TRIAD CANNOT BE RULED OUT...DEPENDING ON WHERE
EXACTLY THE DEFORMATION BAND SETS UP. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1-2 ARE LIKELY IN THE BEFOREMENTIONED AREAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN
12Z THIS MORNING AND 00Z THIS EVENING. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN THE
EXACT LOCATIONS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE
EXTENDED IN AREA TO INCLUDE ALL OF CENTRAL NC THROUGH 7 PM THIS
EVENING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THIS EVENT WILL LIKELY BE
IN THE 4-7 RANGE ACROSS CENTRAL NC...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NC
TONIGHT...WITH PRECIP ENDING FROM WEST-EAST DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AS
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DRIFTS FURTHER OFFSHORE.

WIND:
THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY
GIVEN A VERY TIGHT MSLP GRADIENT AND FCST SOUNDINGS CONTINUING TO
SHOW 40-50 KT NNE/NE FLOW AS LOW AS 925-950 MB. EXPECT SUSTAINED
WINDS IN THE 15-25 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS GENERALLY UP TO 35 MPH...
ALTHOUGH SPORADIC HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
ALTHOUGH THIS DOES NOT TECHNICALLY MEET WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...
DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL/SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS...EXPECT SOME
TREES TO COME DOWN AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. BREEZY CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER...MIXED LAYER FLOW WILL BE WEAKER
AND GUSTS SHOULD GENERALLY TOP OUT AT 30 MPH. -VINCENT

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 AM THURSDAY...

SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...
FINALLY A REST FOR THE WEARY...AS THE VERTICALLY STACK CYCLONE
EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS PUSHES FARTHER OUT TO SEA AND AWAY FROM THE
BEATEN NC COAST. S/W RIDGING ALOFT WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA
FROM THE WEST. THE RESULTANT STRONG SUBSIDENCE AIDED BY
COMPRESSIONAL DOWNSLOPE WARMING WILL HELP SCOUR OUT LINGERING
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN 2/3 OF THE
FORECAST AREA...ALLOWING FOR MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES BY THE AFTERNOON.
COASTAL SECTIONS MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY AS NAM MODEL SOUNDINGS TRAP
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE UNDERNEATH THE STRENGTHENING MID-LEVEL CAP.
LOW-LEVEL THICKNESSES REBOUND NICELY...1375-1380M. THE STRONGER
INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION IN THE WEST WILL FOR ALLOW FOR AN ATYPICAL
TEMPERATURE SPREAD ACROSS THE CWA...WITH WARMEST READINGS IN THE
WEST. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S WEST TO MID 60S AND UPPER 60S EAST.
WITH LIGHT WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT...IF SKIES REMAIN CLEAR...THERE IS
CERTAINLY A CHANCE OF SOME RATHER DENSE GROUND FOG GIVEN THE
SATURATED SOILS. OVERNIGHT LOWS 45 TO 50.

SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM SATURDAY OTHER THAN
A MORE CLIMATOLOGICAL SPREAD...WITHOUT ANY CLOUDS TO WORRY ABOUT.
THUS...SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST OF THE BUNCH WITH THICKNESSES
A FEW METERS WARMER. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. A DRY BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT
WILL SWING NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT...RESULTING
IN A FEW CLOUD OVERNIGHT...AND COOLER TEMPS TO START THE WORK WEEK.
GOOD MIXING BEHIND THE FROPA WITH SFC WINDS A STEADY 7 TO 10KTS...
SHOULD INHIBIT FOG DEVELOPMENT. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER
40S. -CBL

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM THURSDAY...

NOT MANY CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION/FORECAST.

THERE IS CONSENSUS IN BOTH DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC MODEL
FORECASTS OF A CLOSED SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL/UPPER MS VALLEY
BY TUESDAY...BUT THEN OFFER UNIQUE SOLUTIONS THEREAFTER WITH THE TIMING
AND TRACK OF THE OCCLUDED LOW. IN RESPONSE...S/W RIDGE OVERHEAD WILL
AMPLIFY AS STRONG SURFACE SURFACE RIDGING EXTENDS DOWN THE EAST
COAST...SO THE WORK WEEK WILL BEGIN DRY WITH TEMPS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL.

RAIN CHANCES WILL THEN BEGIN TO INCREASE TUESDAY AND MORE SO INTO
WEDNESDAY VIA WARM/MOIST AIR ADVECTION ALONG A LIFTING WARM
FRONT...FOLLOWED BY A BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS WITH THE
LEADING SFC FRONT. GIVEN THE MODEL TIMING DIFFERENCES WILL STAY
WITH SLIGHT TO SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR THE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
PERIODS RESPECTIVELY. WITH THE INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES...
TEMPS WILL DROP BACK CLOSER TO NORMAL. -CBL

&&

.AVIATION /09Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 1245 AM THURSDAY...

VERY POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS WITH RAIN...PRIMARILY IFR-MVFR
CEILINGS/MVFR VISBYS AND CONTINUED GUSTY NNE SURFACE WINDS WILL
PLAGUE ALL OF CENTRAL NC THROUGH THE 06Z TAF PERIOD.

A SLOW-MOVING COASTAL STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE NC
COAST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE
DEVELOPING COASTAL STORM AND A STRONG SURFACE HIGH OVER NEW ENGLAND
WILL MAINTAIN SURFACE WINDS SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY 12-20
KNOTS SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS OF 25-35 KNOTS. WHILE THE RAIN WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON
FRIDAY AS THE COASTAL LOW DRIFTS EASTWARD AND AWAY FROM THE COAST...
MVFR/IFR CEILINGS FROM MOISTURE ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE LOW
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. A RETURN TO VFR
CONDITIONS IS FINALLY EXPECTED BY SUNDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH
MONDAY. -VINCENT

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NCZ007>011-021>028-
038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY FOR NCZ007>011-021>028-
038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089.

&&

SYNOPSIS...VINCENT
NEAR TERM...VINCENT
SHORT TERM...CBL
LONG TERM...CBL
AVIATION...VINCENT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
401 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-130915-
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-
401 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
727 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 ENE GREENSBORO        36.10N 79.79W
11/12/2009                   GUILFORD           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AT LATHAM AND CRIDLAND
            ROADS.

&&

BDUNSTAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
942 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 10 W ROANOKE RAPIDS     36.45N 77.83W
11/12/2009                   HALIFAX            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR LAKE GASTON

&&

GIH