Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2012, 4:14 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 2012, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2012, 6:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Albemarle, NC | FLOODING ENDED IN STANLY COUNTY AND ROADS REOPENED AT 510PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
139
WGUS52 KRAH 032014
FFWRAH
NCC167-032315-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0043.120903T2014Z-120903T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
414 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 715 PM EDT
* AT 410 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER STANLY COUNTY. DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER ALBEMARLE.
* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE PLYLER AND ALBEMARLE.
FLOODING IS STILL ONGOING.
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.
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 3551 8029 3550 8018 3548 8017 3547 8013
3540 8009 3537 8005 3521 8025 3516 8035
3517 8037 3517 8048 3519 8051
$$
102 follow-up statements
720
WGUS72 KRAH 032040
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
440 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
NCC167-032315-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120903T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STANLY NC-
440 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
STANLY COUNTY...
AT 423 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE ALBEMARLE SINCE 1 PM EDT.
WHILE THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT ONGOING FLOODING IN THE ALBEMARLE
CITY LIMITS. ADDITIONALLY...ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
STORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE WARNING AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PLYLER AND ALBEMARLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLASH
FLOODING OF AREA ROADS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES
INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. TURN AROUND...
DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3551 8029 3550 8018 3548 8017 3547 8013
3540 8009 3537 8005 3521 8025 3516 8035
3517 8037 3517 8048 3519 8051
$$
23606
WGUS72 KRAH 032217
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
617 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
NCC167-032227-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120903T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STANLY NC-
617 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR STANLY COUNTY...
ALL ROADS HAVE BEEN REOPENED AT THIS TIME.
LAT...LON 3551 8029 3550 8018 3548 8017 3547 8013
3540 8009 3537 8005 3521 8025 3516 8035
3517 8037 3517 8048 3519 8051
$$
ELLISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 85 min |
| Sep 2, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person | 53 min |
| Sep 2, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Vance | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Lee, Moore, Orange | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee, Wake | 94 min |
| Sep 2, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Nash, Wake | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 11:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 108 min |
| Sep 3, 2:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 99 min |
| Sep 3, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 90 min |
| Sep 3, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Stanly | 84 min |
| Sep 3, 1:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 48 min |
| Sep 3, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 85 min |
| Sep 3, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 97 min |
| Sep 3, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 91 min |
| Sep 3, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 87 min |
| Sep 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 58 min |
| Sep 3, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 48 min |
| Sep 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 64 min |
| Sep 3, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 64 min |
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Sources
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.