Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

May 27, 2011, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 2011, 5:58 PM EDT

In force

97 min

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Durham County, NC, Orange County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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679 
WGUS52 KRAH 272021
FFWRAH
NCC063-135-272315-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0007.110527T2021Z-110527T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
421 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 412 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 
DURING THE PAST HOUR IN PORTIONS OF CHAPEL HILL AND DURHAM INCLUDING 
ESTES DRIVE... UNIVERSITY DRIVE... AND PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN STREET. 
WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED... FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY 
LAST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS OVER THE WARNED LOCATIONS. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF 
ORANGE AND DURHAM COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE ROUGEMONT...DURHAM...
  CHAPEL HILL AND CARRBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLASH FLOODING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROADS AND LOW LYING
AREAS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. FLOOD WATERS WILL ALSO THREATEN SOME HOMES
AND BUSINESSES. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD
PRONE AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS
AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT
CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND
STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE. STORM DRAINS ARE
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND CAN QUICKLY PULL A CHILD UNDER WATER.

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 3624 7881 3609 7881 3607 7879 3607 7875
      3603 7875 3601 7870 3595 7873 3592 7876
      3593 7881 3587 7884 3586 7909 3588 7925
      3607 7911 3611 7898 3624 7895

$$

KC

278 
WGUS72 KRAH 272158
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
558 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

NCC063-135-272204-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110527T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DURHAM NC-ORANGE NC-
558 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN ORANGE AND
SOUTHERN DURHAM COUNTIES...

AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WATER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT 
RAIN FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN DURHAM AND SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTIES. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT ALL ROADS CLOSED BECAUSE OF 
FLOODING HAVE BEEN REOPENED. 

BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS SOUTHERN ORANGE AND 
SOUTHERN DURHAM COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE 
AREA CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND FAST. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 
RAINFALL WILL KEEP SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS RUNNING FAST. RESIDUAL 
WATER WILL PERSIST IN DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS
AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT
CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND
STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE. STORM DRAINS ARE
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND CAN QUICKLY PULL A CHILD UNDER WATER.


LAT...LON 3624 7881 3609 7881 3607 7879 3607 7875
      3603 7875 3601 7870 3595 7873 3592 7876
      3593 7881 3587 7884 3586 7909 3588 7925
      3607 7911 3611 7898 3624 7895

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.