Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Sep 3, 2012, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Stanly County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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083 
WGUS52 KRAH 031718
FFWRAH
NCC167-032015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0041.120903T1718Z-120903T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER STANLY  
  COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 
  HAS FALLEN OVER ALBEMARLE.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE PLYLER AND ALBEMARLE.

MORE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE ALBEMARLE 
AREA OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE 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 3519 8051 3551 8029 3550 8018 3548 8017
      3547 8015 3548 8014 3545 8011 3540 8009
      3537 8005 3521 8025 3516 8035 3517 8038
      3517 8048

$$

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990 
WGUS72 KRAH 031818
FFSRAH

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

NCC167-032015-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120903T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STANLY NC-
218 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
STANLY COUNTY...

AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER STANLY COUNTY. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND 
AROUND ALBEMARLE. 

NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE AREA ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING FLOODING. USE 
EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO  
ALBEMARLE AND PLYLER.

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 3519 8051 3551 8029 3550 8018 3548 8017
      3547 8015 3548 8014 3545 8011 3540 8009
      3537 8005 3521 8025 3516 8035 3517 8038
      3517 8048

$$

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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.