Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Aug 19, 2012, 8:03 AM EDT (12:03 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2012, 8:53 AM EDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Durham County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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186 
WGUS52 KRAH 191203
FFWRAH
NCC063-191330-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0030.120819T1203Z-120819T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
803 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 758 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLOODING OVER EASTERN DURHAM 
  COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
  FALLEN OVER THE CITY OF DURHAM SINCE 630 AM.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE PARKWOOD...GORMAN AND
  BETHESDA.

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 3609 7881 3607 7879 3607 7875 3603 7875
      3602 7874 3603 7871 3598 7871 3592 7876
      3593 7880 3589 7882 3586 7888 3587 7894
      3624 7886 3624 7880

$$

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342 
WGUS72 KRAH 191253
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
853 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NCC063-191300-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120819T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DURHAM NC-
853 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN DURHAM
COUNTY...

AT 845 AM EDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS DURHAM COUNTY 
AND COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT NO PROBLEMS DUE TO HIGH WATER AT THIS 
TIME. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 
HOWEVER...ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 
RAINFALL MAY AFFECT THE DURHAM LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS 
AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...CREEKS AND STREAMS 
WILL LIKELY RESPOND QUICKLY...POSSIBLY LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3609 7881 3607 7879 3607 7875 3603 7875
      3602 7874 3603 7871 3598 7871 3592 7876
      3593 7880 3589 7882 3586 7888 3587 7894
      3624 7886 3624 7880

$$

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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.