Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Sep 3, 2012, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Forsyth County, NC

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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.

673 
WGUS52 KRAH 031701
FFWRAH
NCC067-032000-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0040.120903T1701Z-120903T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
101 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER         
  FORSYTH COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF  
  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WINSTON SALEM.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WINSTON-SALEM...        
  KERNERSVILLE...CLEMMONS.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 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 3614 8044 3622 8044 3626 8045 3626 8003
      3601 8005 3603 8021 3600 8022 3600 8032
      3597 8040 3599 8043 3601 8042 3606 8047
      3604 8048 3605 8051 3611 8051

$$

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567 
WGUS72 KRAH 031813
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
213 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

NCC067-032000-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120903T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FORSYTH NC-
213 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
FORSYTH COUNTY...

AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WINSTON SALEM. ALTHOUGH 
THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WITH 
HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER FORSYTH COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM.

LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
WINSTON-SALEM AND KERNERSVILLE.

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 3614 8044 3622 8044 3626 8045 3626 8003
      3601 8005 3603 8021 3600 8022 3600 8032
      3597 8040 3599 8043 3601 8042 3606 8047
      3604 8048 3605 8051 3611 8051

$$

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415 
WGUS72 KRAH 031954
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
354 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

NCC067-032003-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120903T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FORSYTH NC-
354 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT FOR FORSYTH
COUNTY...

AT 351 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
RAIN OVER FORSYTH COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 
THE FLOODING THREAT HAS ENDED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.


LAT...LON 3614 8044 3622 8044 3626 8045 3626 8003
      3601 8005 3603 8021 3600 8022 3600 8032
      3597 8040 3599 8043 3601 8042 3606 8047
      3604 8048 3605 8051 3611 8051

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.