Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Aug 22, 2012, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT

In force

84 min

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Guilford County, NC

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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085 
WGUS52 KRAH 222251
FFWRAH
NCC081-230015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0033.120822T2251Z-120823T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
651 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLOODING OVER WESTERN 
  GUILFORD COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF 
  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHSIDE OF GREENSBORO SINCE 530 PM. 

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE HIGH POINT AND  
  GREENSBORO....ESPECIALLY LOCATIONS NEAR HORSEPEN CREEK IN 
  NORTHWEST GREENSBORO. 

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

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.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA WHERE WATER IS RISING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE
AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND
STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION.

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 3624 7962 3605 7973 3593 8005 3595 8005
      3611 8003 3625 7987

$$

WSS

684 
WGUS72 KRAH 222342
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
742 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

NCC081-230015-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120823T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUILFORD NC-
742 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN GUILFORD COUNTY...

AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLOODING OVER THE WEST 
HALF OF GUILFORD COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE AND A 
HALF TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHSIDE OF 
GREENSBORO. WATER LEVELS ARE LIKELY RISING RAPIDLY ALONG BUFFALO 
CREEK...REEDY FORK...AND HORSEPEN CREEK.. 

LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
SUMMERFIELD...MONTICELLO AND LAKE TOWNSEND.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3624 7962 3605 7973 3593 8005 3595 8005
      3611 8003 3625 7987

$$

WSS

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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.