Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Aug 12, 2011, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)

Expired

Aug 12, 2011, 5:29 PM EDT

In force

87 min

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Anson County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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612 
WGUS52 KRAH 122002
FFWRAH
NCC007-167-122300-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0032.110812T2002Z-110812T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
402 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN
  STANLY AND NORTHWESTERN ANSON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED    
  THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER  SOUTHEAST STANLY      
  COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE NORWOOD AND LOCATIONS   
  ALONG THE ROCKY RIVER NEAR HIGHWAY 52.

UP TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS 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.

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 3520 8049 3528 8045 3529 8009 3524 8010
      3519 8006 3517 8005 3514 8008 3508 8007
      3506 8029 3519 8029 3516 8039 3516 8046
      3518 8050

$$

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655 
WGUS72 KRAH 122129
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
529 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NCC007-167-122137-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110812T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ANSON NC-STANLY NC-
529 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN STANLY AND
NORTHWESTERN ANSON COUNTIES...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVE OUT OF 
THE AREA. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THE 
FLOODING THREAT HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3520 8049 3528 8045 3529 8009 3524 8010
      3519 8006 3517 8005 3514 8008 3508 8007
      3506 8029 3519 8029 3516 8039 3516 8046
      3518 8050

$$

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Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.