Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Aug 19, 2012, 11:22 AM EDT (15:22 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2012, 1:41 PM 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 Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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284 
WGUS52 KRAH 191522
FFWRAH
NCC083-185-191815-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0032.120819T1522Z-120819T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1122 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 1112 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOMENTARILY MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. 
HOWEVER...ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WITHIN THE NEXT 
HALF HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
ALREADY FALLEN OVER EXTREME EASTERN WARREN COUNTY AND NORTHWEST 
HALIFAX COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL NEAR 
LITTLETON...WARRENTON...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 95.

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

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 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 3651 7788 3651 7781 3648 7776 3649 7773
      3649 7764 3645 7762 3641 7754 3637 7754
      3634 7758 3631 7779 3621 7801 3627 7822
      3655 7815 3655 7790

$$

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387 
WGUS72 KRAH 191741
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
141 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NCC083-185-191751-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120819T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HALIFAX NC-WARREN NC-
141 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WARREN AND
NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED AT THIS TIME. 

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

LAT...LON 3651 7788 3651 7781 3648 7776 3649 7773
      3649 7764 3645 7762 3641 7754 3637 7754
      3634 7758 3631 7779 3621 7801 3627 7822
      3655 7815 3655 7790

$$

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.