Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2011, 10:24 AM EDT for Scotland 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2011, 10:24 AM EDT (14:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2011, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 6909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
331
WGUS52 KRAH 131424
FFWRAH
NCC165-131715-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0036.110813T1424Z-110813T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1024 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1020 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING
OVER SOUTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN
SCOTLAND COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH
OF SOUTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE LAURINBURG...LAUREL
HILL...AND OTHER AREAS NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES
INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. 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 3481 7969 3482 7964 3482 7962 3484 7962
3485 7963 3490 7957 3489 7935 3486 7934
3482 7935 3476 7933 3463 7946 3463 7947
$$
VINCENT3 follow-up statements
630
WGUS72 KRAH 131450
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1050 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
NCC165-131715-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110813T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCOTLAND NC-
1050 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTY...
AT 1040 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN
SCOTLAND COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER SINCE 945 AM.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN
SCOTLAND COUNTY THROUGH 115 PM...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE SOUTH
CAROLINA BORDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES
INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. TURN AROUND...
DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3481 7969 3482 7964 3482 7962 3483 7962
3484 7961 3486 7958 3484 7939 3481 7935
3476 7933 3463 7946 3463 7947
$$
VINCENT281
WGUS72 KRAH 131631
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1231 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
NCC165-131715-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110813T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCOTLAND NC-
1231 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTY...
AT 1221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED YET IN SCOTLAND COUNTY...
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED JUST ACROSS
THE STATE LINE IN THE TOWN OF MCCOLL IN MARLBORO COUNTY. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 115 PM IN
SCOTLAND COUNTY...AND FLASH FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES
INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. 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 3481 7969 3482 7964 3482 7962 3483 7962
3484 7961 3486 7958 3484 7939 3481 7935
3476 7933 3463 7946 3463 7947
$$
VINCENT030
WGUS72 KRAH 131718
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
118 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
NCC165-131727-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110813T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCOTLAND NC-
118 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN SCOTLAND
COUNTY...
RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER SCOTLAND COUNTY...AND THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3481 7969 3482 7964 3482 7962 3483 7962
3484 7961 3486 7958 3484 7939 3481 7935
3476 7933 3463 7946 3463 7947
$$
VINCENTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Moore | 97 min |
| Aug 13, 9:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 89 min |
| Aug 13, 9:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 9:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 95 min |
| Aug 13, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 9:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Scotland | 95 min |
| Aug 13, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 11:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Hoke | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 11:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 11:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham | 100 min |
| Aug 13, 12:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Moore | 84 min |
| Aug 13, 12:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland | 98 min |
| Aug 13, 12:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Wake | 83 min |
| Aug 13, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 1:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Johnston | 104 min |
| Aug 13, 2:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 110 min |
| Aug 13, 2:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 102 min |
| Aug 13, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 55 min |
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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.