Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Jun 21, 2011, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Hoke County, NC, Moore County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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371 
WGUS52 KRAH 220056
FFWRAH
NCC093-125-220400-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0012.110622T0056Z-110622T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
856 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 851 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN
  MOORE AND NORTHERN HOKE COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT   
AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SOUTHERN PINES...  
...PINEHURST... ABERDEEN... AND RURAL NORTHERN HOKE COUNTY.

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE RESULTING 
IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY
ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 7936 3497 7937 3506 7948 3507 7958
      3512 7957 3518 7965 3530 7922 3527 7922
      3524 7916 3522 7916 3516 7910 3513 7911
      3504 7909 3501 7907

$$

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603 
WGUS72 KRAH 220358
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1158 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

NCC093-125-220405-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110622T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOKE NC-MOORE NC-
1158 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTHERN
MOORE AND NORTHERN HOKE COUNTIES...

AT 1155 PM EDT...THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED OVER SOUTHERN MOORE 
AND NORTHERN HOKE COUNTIES... AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER... ADDITIONAL INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CROSS THE AREA THROUGH 100 AM... AND ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE... AND MAY RESULT IN MORE 
FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.


LAT...LON 3493 7936 3497 7937 3506 7948 3507 7958
      3512 7957 3518 7965 3530 7922 3527 7922
      3524 7916 3522 7916 3516 7910 3513 7911
      3504 7909 3501 7907

$$

GIH

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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.