Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Aug 19, 2012, 9:41 AM EDT (13:41 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2012, 11:45 AM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Halifax County, NC, Warren County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

400 
WGUS52 KRAH 191341
FFWRAH
NCC083-185-191545-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0031.120819T1341Z-120819T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  WARREN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 934 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER WARREN
  AND NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 
  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN WARREN COUNTY SINCE 
  730 AM. 

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WARRENTON...ROANOKE
  RAPIDS AND LITTLETON.

FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND 
DRAINAGES...LITTLE FISHING CREEK...BOBBITS BRANCH...AND REEDY 
CREEK.


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.

&&

LAT...LON 3653 7789 3651 7788 3648 7776 3649 7764
      3645 7762 3643 7757 3614 7786 3617 7792
      3619 7792 3619 7797 3618 7797 3620 7801
      3623 7813 3625 7814 3626 7822 3654 7816

$$

WSS

638 
WGUS72 KRAH 191459
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1059 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NCC083-185-191545-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120819T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HALIFAX NC-WARREN NC-
1059 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR
WARREN AND NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES...

AT 1049 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOMENTARILY MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA.
HOWEVER...ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM 
THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
THAT 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER EXTREME 
EASTERN WARREN COUNTY AND NORTHWEST HALIFAX COUNTY...NEAR LITTLETON 
AND ALONG INTERSTATE 95. THIS SECOND ROUND OF STORMS COULD PRODUCE 
AN ADDITIONAL 1.0 INCH OF RAIN...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS AND LITTLETON

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3653 7789 3651 7788 3648 7776 3649 7764
      3645 7763 3642 7758 3615 7787 3619 7792
      3619 7797 3618 7797 3620 7801 3623 7813
      3625 7814 3626 7822 3654 7816

$$

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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.