Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Aug 2, 2012, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Richmond County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

827 
WGUS52 KRAH 022121
FFWRAH
NCC153-030015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0025.120802T2121Z-120803T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
521 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER EAST
  CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE HOFFMAN.

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.

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 3489 7966 3507 7968 3510 7958 3509 7958
      3506 7957 3506 7948 3504 7946 3501 7955
      3499 7958 3493 7958 3492 7956 3490 7957

$$

ELLIS

397 
WGUS72 KRAH 022228
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
628 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

NCC153-022239-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120803T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RICHMOND NC-
628 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL
RICHMOND COUNTY...

THE FLOODING THREAT HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 3489 7966 3507 7968 3510 7958 3509 7958
      3506 7957 3506 7948 3504 7946 3501 7955
      3499 7958 3493 7958 3492 7956 3490 7957

$$

ELLIS

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.