Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Sep 3, 2012, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Guilford County, NC

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KRAH 031853
FFWRAH
NCC081-032145-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0042.120903T1853Z-120903T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER GUILFORD
  COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS      
  FALLEN OVER GREENSBORO AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO THE  
  CITY.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE MCLEANSVILLE...HIGH
  POINT AND GREENSBORO.

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 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 3625 7954 3590 7954 3592 8004 3593 8005
      3626 8003

$$

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840 
WGUS72 KRAH 032046
FFSRAH

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

NCC081-032145-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120903T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUILFORD NC-
446 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
GUILFORD COUNTY...

AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER GUILFORD COUNTY. ALTHOUGH 
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...WATER ON SOUTH BUFFALO 
CREEK AND RYAN CREEK CONTINUES TO RISE.

THE INTERSECTION OF NEELLEY RD AND TABERNACLE CHURCH RD WAS ALSO
EXPERIENCING FLOODING.

LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
MCLEANSVILLE AND GREENSBORO.

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 3625 7954 3590 7954 3592 8004 3593 8005
      3626 8003

$$

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888 
WGUS72 KRAH 032140
FFSRAH

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

NCC081-032149-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120903T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUILFORD NC-
540 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT FOR GUILFORD
COUNTY...

AT 537 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
RAIN OVER GUILFORD COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA 
AND THE FLOODING THREAT HAS ENDED. BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING... 
ESPECIALLY NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WHERE WATER MAY STILL BE 
HIGH.

LAT...LON 3625 7954 3590 7954 3592 8004 3593 8005
      3626 8003

$$

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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.