Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2012, 3:44 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Hoke County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
833
WGUS52 KRAH 011944
FFWRAH
NCC051-093-163-012245-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0014.120701T1944Z-120701T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
344 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER
SAMPSON...CUMBERLAND AND HOKE COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
THAT AS MUCH AS ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS
OF THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE ROSEBORO...
SALEMBURG... HOPE MILLS... FAYETTEVILLE... AND RAEFORD.
AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE 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.
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 7846 3485 7850 3484 7885 3483 7890
3488 7893 3495 7903 3483 7919 3483 7935
3494 7935 3501 7942 3506 7944 3508 7942
3517 7900 3526 7831 3481 7820
$$
772 follow-up statements
411
WGUS72 KRAH 012046
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
446 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
NCC051-093-163-012245-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120701T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
446 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL SAMPSON...CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHERN HOKE COUNTIES...
AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL SAMPSON...
CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHERN HOKE COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER FROM RAEFORD TO
FAYETTEVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF CLINTON. WHILE MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN
HAS MOVED INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA....THE CITY
OF FAYETTEVILLE CONTINUES TO BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING
FROM SMALL STREAMS...CLOGGED STORM DRAINS AND SLOW RUNOFF.
LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLINTON...FAYETTEVILLE AND RAEFORD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 7850 3483 7890 3489 7893 3495 7903
3483 7919 3483 7935 3494 7936 3511 7912
3520 7835 3517 7829 3481 7820 3481 7846
$$
22454
WGUS72 KRAH 012145
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
545 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
NCC051-093-163-012151-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120701T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
545 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL SAMPSON...
CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHERN HOKE COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND NO FLASH FLOODING
WAS REPORTED. THUS... THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT HAS ENDED AND THE
WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
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 3485 7850 3483 7890 3489 7893 3495 7903
3483 7919 3483 7935 3494 7936 3511 7912
3520 7835 3517 7829 3481 7820 3481 7846
$$
77The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Person | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Vance, Warren | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 1:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 2:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 4:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Person | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 4:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 4:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 5:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 53 min |
| Jul 1, 7:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 74 min |
| Jul 1, 11:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Orange, Wake | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren | 72 min |
| Jul 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 21 min |
| Jul 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 74 min |
| Jul 1, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 78 min |
| Jul 1, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 4:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 12 min |
| Jul 1, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 18 more | 22 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 68 min |
| Jul 1, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 87 min |
| Jul 1, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 38 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.