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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 29, 2014Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2014, 5:40 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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: Apr 29, 2014, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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
Apr 29, 6:36 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Ssw Bonnie Doone, NC	WEBCAM AT SKIBO AND RAEFORD RD SHOWS ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER ON ROAD.
Apr 29, 7:17 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Fayetteville, NC	FLOODING ONGOING IN THE VICINITY OF MONTCLAIR... AS WELL AS RAEFORD ROAD.

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 478 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 540 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

963 
WGUS52 KRAH 292140
FFWRAH
NCC051-300045-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0002.140429T2140Z-140430T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
540 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 538 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE
  CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND PRODUCING FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 
  AREA.  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. RAINFALL RATES IN 
  EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR OVER FAYETTEVILLE. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...FORT BRAGG...GODWIN...POPE AFB...HOPE MILLS...SPRING
  LAKE...EASTOVER...STEDMAN...WADE...FALCON...LINDEN...BONNIE DOONE
  AND VANDER.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 7900 3495 7904 3505 7909 3517 7902
      3527 7875 3525 7864 3511 7864 3509 7867
      3504 7866 3490 7890

$$

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2 follow-up statements

468 
WGUS72 KRAH 300000
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
800 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

NCC051-300045-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140430T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUMBERLAND NC-
800 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...

AT 756 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL 
CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THESE STORM WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND 
WILL AFFECT THE FAYETTEVILLE AND FORT BRAGG AREAS THROUGH 845 PM. 
 
THIS ACTIVITY WAS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE REPORTED 
FLOODING EARLIER. A LOCAL REPORT FROM A COCORAHS OBSERVER REPORTED 
3.76 INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY WITH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF 
FAYETTEVILLE. SEVERAL ROADS CONTINUE FLOODED. ANY ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...FORT BRAGG...GODWIN...POPE AFB...HOPE MILLS...SPRING
LAKE...EASTOVER...STEDMAN...WADE...FALCON...LINDEN...BONNIE DOONE AND
VANDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 
COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 
CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 7900 3495 7904 3505 7909 3517 7902
      3527 7875 3525 7864 3511 7864 3509 7867
      3504 7866 3490 7890

$$

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592 
WGUS72 KRAH 300041
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
841 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

NCC051-300049-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140430T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUMBERLAND NC-
841 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845
PM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLOOD WATERS WERE RECEDING. HOWEVER... 
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE 
THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. FLOODING AT NIGHT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO 
SEE. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 

LAT...LON 3493 7900 3495 7904 3505 7909 3517 7902
      3527 7875 3525 7864 3511 7864 3509 7867
      3504 7866 3490 7890

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange	51 min
Apr 29, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	25 min
Apr 29, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	32 min
Apr 29, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	34 min
Apr 29, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	45 min
Apr 29, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	33 min
Apr 29, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston	43 min
Apr 29, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	36 min
Apr 29, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	25 min
Apr 29, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	51 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	44 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	44 min
Apr 29, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	50 min
Apr 29, 4:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wilson	30 min
Apr 29, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	47 min
Apr 29, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke	52 min
Apr 29, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	51 min
Apr 29, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson	45 min
Apr 29, 4:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wilson	29 min
Apr 29, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	43 min
Apr 29, 4:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	26 min
Apr 29, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	40 min
Apr 29, 4:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wilson	3 hr
Apr 29, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	45 min
Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	37 min
Apr 29, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	46 min
Apr 29, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson	43 min
Apr 29, 5:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wilson	3 hr
Apr 29, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	60 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	56 min
Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	52 min
Apr 29, 6:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	3 hr
Apr 29, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	24 min
Apr 29, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	35 min
Apr 29, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	46 min
Apr 29, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	33 min
Apr 29, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	50 min
Apr 29, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	60 min
Apr 29, 7:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	42 min
Apr 29, 7:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	38 min

Nearby

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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.