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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 21, 2014Halifax County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 90 min. 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: Jun 21, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2014, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Halifax County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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
Jun 21, 8:50 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nnw Hobgood, NC	A QUARTER MILE STRETCH OF HWY 125 BETWEEN SCOTLAND NECK AND HOBGOOD CLOSED DUE TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY. LOCATION ESTIMATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

543 
WGUS52 KRAH 220045
FFWRAH
NCC083-220215-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0016.140622T0045Z-140622T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
845 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 842 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
  ALREADY FALLEN... AND ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE 
  AREA. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER COVERING A QUARTER MILE 
  SECTION OF HIGHWAY 125 BETWEEN SCOTLAND NECK AND HOBGOOD.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SCOTLAND NECK AND HOBGOOD... AND AREAS NEAR DEEP CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. THE WATER
DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3609 7731 3601 7740 3600 7742 3603 7746
      3606 7753 3609 7753 3611 7761 3621 7739
      3619 7735 3619 7733 3617 7731 3617 7729
      3616 7727 3614 7726 3614 7725 3612 7725
      3612 7724 3611 7724 3610 7723

$$

GIH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 21, 7:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
719 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

.SYNOPSIS..A SURFACE FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND OVER THE AREA
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE RETURNS
TUESDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 230 PM SATURDAY...

SHORTWAVE IMPULSE CROSSING THE AREA IN THE NWLY FLOW ALOFT...MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA DURING PEAK DAYTIME HEATING AND AIDED BY WEAK LOW-
LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG A SOUTHWARD SAGGING WAVY SURFACE
BOUNDARY/TROUGH...WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING.

WHILE CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD...THE SEVERE
THREAT WILL BE LIMITED BY THE WEAK WIND FIELDS AND MODEST MID-LEVEL
LAPSE RATES. HOWEVER...GIVEN MODERATE INSTABILITY STILL CAN'T RULE
OUT ONE OR TWO WET DOWNBURST. ALSO...GIVEN HIGH PWATS OF 1.7-
1.9...RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AND AND POSSIBLY FOCUSED ALONG A WAVE OF
LOW PRESSURE RIDING THE SURFACE FRONT.

AS BOTH SHORTWAVE ENERGY AND SURFACE FRONT SAG SOUTH OF THE AREA
BETWEEN 03 TO 06Z...EXPECT SHOWERS/STORMS TO FOLLOW SUITE...LEAVING
BEHIND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE NIGHT. SKIES
WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY HOWEVER WITH FCST SOUNDINGS INDICATING THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE LOW-LEVEL NELY FLOW TO ADVECT STRATUS INTO THE NE
COASTAL PLAIN/CENTRAL PIEDMONT BY DAYBREAK. LOWS IN THE MID 60S
NORTH TO LOWER 70S SOUTH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 230 PM SATURDAY...

SURFACE BOUNDARY/TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE SOUTH OF THE AREA ON
SUNDAY AS WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST
RIDGES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE AREA. ALOFT...NWLY FLOW ALOFT WILL
PREVAIL FOR ONE LAST PERIOD...WITH CENTRAL NC REMAINING POISED TO
SEE ADDITIONALLY SHORTWAVE IMPULSES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
ASSOCIATED DPVA COUPLED WITH DIURNAL HEATING COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED
TO SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWER/STORM JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. LOW-LEVEL NELY FLOW WILL COOL THINGS OFF A BIT...WITH
12Z LOW-LEVEL THICKNESSES SUNDAY MORNING OF 1395M A GOOD 10 METERS
BELOW TYPICAL LATE JUNE THICKNESS VALUES. HIGHS RANGING MID 80S
NORTH TO NEAR 90 SOUTH.

HEIGHTS ALOFT BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. SURFACE
RIDGE LOOKS TO HOLD IN PLACE BEFORE SUCCUMBING TO RETURN FLOW DURING
THE DAY ON MONDAY. MODELS CONTINUE HINT AT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
MORNING STRATUS LATE TOWARDS DAYBREAK. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 210 PM SATURDAY...

HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING DOWN THE EAST COAST WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT
OFFSHORE DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY...ALLOWING MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO
INCREASE ON ITS BACK SIDE WITHIN THE RETURN FLOW. THEREFORE...
PRECIP CHANCES WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON MONDAY...MOST NOTICEABLY
ACROSS THE WEST WITHIN THE BEST RETURN FLOW. NEVERTHELESS...COVERAGE
IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED AT BEST AS A MID
LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE
MID/UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 DEGREES...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS GENERALLY IN
THE MID/UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DEGREES.

PRECIP CHANCES...MOSTLY DIURNAL IN NATURE...WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE
EVEN MORE ON TUESDAY AND THEN PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG
TERM AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE WITHIN THE RETURN FLOW THAT
SETS UP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING HIGH. IN ADDITION...FLOW
ALOFT WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY (THUS INCREASING DEEP LAYER
MOISTURE) AS LARGE SCALE TROUGHING MOVES OVER THE GREAT LAKES/MS
RIVER VALLEY. SHORTWAVE TROUGHING WILL THEN PROGRESS EAST OVER THE
REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FORCING FOR
PRECIP. RIDGING ALOFT (ALTHOUGH RATHER FLAT) WILL BUILD BACK OVER
THE AREA LATE INTO THE WEEK AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEKEND...ALLOWING
SOME MID LEVEL DRYING TO OCCUR. NEVERTHELESS...MODERATE TO STRONG
INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED PRECIP CHANCES...ALTHOUGH
COVERAGE MAY BE SLIGHTLY LESS. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 80S
TO LOWER 90S TO START THE PERIOD WITH LOW TO MID 90S EXPECTED BY THE
END OF THE WEEK. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO
LOWER 70S.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 715 PM SATURDAY...

24 HOUR TAF PERIOD: MOST SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT THIS
HOUR AFFECTING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SITES. THAT BEING SAID SCATTERED
CONVECTION ACROSS SW VA WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD...POSSIBLY INTO THE
TRIAD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE THAT IT WILL HOLD
TOGETHER IS LOW. CHANCES FOR FOG AND LOW STRATUS APPEAR TO BE
FAVORABLE IN MOST SITES BUT WITH VARYING SEVERITY. KRWI WILL MOST
LIKELY HAVE THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL SUB-VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WITH
IFR CEILINGS AND MVFR VISIBILITIES EXPECTED ANYTIME AFTER 6Z THROUGH
SUNRISE. THE SAME CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AT RDU BUT NOT AS
LIKELY. WITH HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH KFAY...THERE COULD BE SOME
PERIODS OF FOG OVERNIGHT THERE AS WELL. KGSO AND KINT COULD SEE SOME
MVFR VISIBILITIES BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS IS FAIRLY LOW IF THERE IS
NO MORE CONVECTION TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE
OVERNIGHT BUT GRADUALLY TURNING NORTH/NORTHEASTERLY AND INCREASING
TO NEAR 10 KNOTS AFTER SUNRISE. CONVECTIVE ALLOWING MODELS SHOWING
BEST ACTIVITY FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST WITH
KRWI THE MOST LIKELY TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS
THAN TODAY. WILL LEAVE ANY MENTION OUT OF THE TAFS AT THIS TIME.

LONG TERM: AFTER A RELATIVE LULL IN DIURNAL CONVECTION SUNDAY AND
MONDAY...CHANCES WILL INCREASE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR
MIDWEEK. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR FOG/LOW STRATUS EACH MORNING
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CBL
NEAR TERM...CBL
SHORT TERM...CBL
LONG TERM...KRD
AVIATION...ELLIS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 4:46 AM EDT, 15 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
446 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-220900-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
446 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
THE WESTERN PIEDMONT BY MIDDAY...THEN BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS
THE EASTERN PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
608 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

NCZ041-212300-
WAKE-
608 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... OR JUST
NORTHWEST OF RALEIGH... DRIFTING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STRONG STORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER
THE CITY OF RALEIGH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RALEIGH...CARY...GARNER...RDU
INTERNATIONAL... MORRISVILLE... CRABTREE CREEK... KNIGHTDALE...
WENDELL... WILLIAM B UMSTEAD STATE PARK...FALLS LAKE BOAT RAMP AND
LAKE WHEELER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. MAKE
SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3577 7836 3571 7845 3571 7847 3567 7851
      3558 7865 3584 7890 3587 7885 3587 7883
      3589 7882 3599 7864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 346DEG 4KT 3586 7872

GIH

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
623 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

NCZ084>086-088-212330-
HOKE-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-CUMBERLAND-
623 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF HOKE...
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND...SCOTLAND AND SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE TO NEAR HAMLET...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...LAURINBURG...ROCKINGHAM...RAEFORD...HAMLET...MAXTON...
HOFFMAN...ANTIOCH...HOPE MILLS AND STEDMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE
EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER
INDOORS...AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN PROVIDE SAFE SHELTER FROM
LIGHTNING. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 7968 3481 7971 3505 7980 3507 7866
      3499 7864 3486 7849 3483 7890 3490 7894
      3495 7904 3483 7919 3484 7935 3477 7933
      3463 7947
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 323DEG 7KT 3498 7884 3494 7965

ELLIS

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
635 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

NCZ009>011-027-028-212330-
HALIFAX-VANCE-WARREN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-
635 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF HALIFAX...
NORTHEASTERN VANCE...WARREN...NORTHEASTERN NASH AND EDGECOMBE
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLETON...OR 14 MILES EAST OF WARRENTON...
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT...ROANOKE RAPIDS...TARBORO...NASHVILLE...WARRENTON...
HALIFAX...SCOTLAND NECK...NORLINA...DORTCHES AND LITTLETON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
50 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES AND
BLOWING AROUND LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3609 7731 3600 7741 3590 7734 3582 7735
      3583 7739 3580 7747 3568 7766 3583 7775
      3606 7810 3621 7801 3627 7831 3654 7832
      3654 7790 3651 7790 3648 7765 3642 7756
      3632 7757 3632 7744 3621 7738 3611 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 349DEG 9KT 3635 7790

10

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
705 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

NCZ088-089-220015-
SAMPSON-CUMBERLAND-
705 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SAMPSON AND SOUTHERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF JEROME...OR 17 MILES WEST
OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED
WESTWARD TOWARD HOPE MILLS... CEDAR CREEK... AND STEDMAN. THESE
STORMS WILL EXPAND EASTWARD TOWARD ROSEBORO... CLINTON... AND
GARLAND.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON...FORT BRAGG...HARRELLS...HOPE MILLS...
EASTOVER...ROSEBORO...STEDMAN...GARLAND AND SALEMBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. MAKE
SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3461 7831 3467 7832 3470 7837 3475 7839
      3485 7850 3485 7883 3483 7890 3489 7893
      3492 7896 3512 7899 3508 7816 3490 7815
      3474 7820 3471 7813 3472 7811 3471 7811
      3468 7816 3458 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 285DEG 21KT 3495 7863

GIH

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:00 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
800 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

NCZ011-026>028-043-220100-
HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-WILSON-EDGECOMBE-
800 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN HALIFAX...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NASH...EASTERN WILSON AND
EDGECOMBE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTLAND
NECK...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF TARBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT...TARBORO...NASHVILLE...WILSON...SCOTLAND NECK...ELM
CITY...DORTCHES...RED OAK...ENFIELD AND PRINCEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
50 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE
EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3609 7731 3600 7741 3590 7734 3582 7735
      3583 7739 3581 7742 3580 7747 3558 7781
      3613 7826 3620 7815 3621 7807 3620 7801
      3623 7799 3632 7744 3626 7741 3624 7738
      3621 7738 3617 7731 3617 7729 3610 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 310DEG 20KT 3607 7755

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:19 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
819 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

NCZ007>009-024-025-220115-
VANCE-PERSON-GRANVILLE-ORANGE-DURHAM-
819 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD FROM
VIRGINIA AND AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN VANCE... PERSON...
GRANVILLE... NORTHERN ORANGE AND NORTHWESTERN DURHAM COUNTIES UNTIL
915 PM EDT...

AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STAUNTON
RIVER STATE PARK TO TOPNOT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HENDERSON...OXFORD...ROXBORO...HILLSBOROUGH...ROUGEMONT...CONCORD...
STOVALL...MIDDLEBURG...SURL AND BETHEL HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

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LAT...LON 3639 7830 3602 7921 3617 7926 3624 7926
      3625 7915 3649 7914 3653 7910 3654 7908
      3654 7833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 325DEG 15KT 3670 7869 3638 7928

GIH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	60 min
Jun 21, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Orange, Person, Vance	56 min
Jun 21, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	36 min
Jun 21, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Vance	63 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.