Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Apr 29, 2014, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Edgecombe County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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597 
WGUS52 KRAH 292209
FFWRAH
NCC065-300115-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0004.140429T2209Z-140430T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 608 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS  
  PRODUCING FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 
  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ROCKY MOUNT...TARBORO...PRINCEVILLE...SHARPSBURG...PINETOPS...
  WHITAKERS...MACCLESFIELD...CONETOE...SPEED...LEGGETT AND KINGSBORO.

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.

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 3584 7735 3583 7741 3580 7743 3580 7748
      3575 7752 3568 7767 3573 7772 3583 7775
      3587 7783 3616 7769 3611 7763 3608 7753
      3604 7753 3604 7747 3599 7740 3591 7734

$$

GIH

821 
WGUS72 KRAH 300004
FFSRAH

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

NCC065-300115-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140430T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDGECOMBE NC-
804 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
EDGECOMBE COUNTY...

AT 802 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. NUMEROUS 
ROADS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED TO BE FLOODED FROM EARLIER STORMS. 
ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.  

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT...TARBORO...PRINCEVILLE...SHARPSBURG...PINETOPS...
WHITAKERS...MACCLESFIELD...CONETOE...SPEED...LEGGETT AND KINGSBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN 
DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 

&&

LAT...LON 3584 7735 3583 7741 3580 7743 3580 7748
      3575 7752 3568 7767 3573 7772 3583 7775
      3587 7783 3616 7769 3611 7763 3608 7753
      3604 7753 3604 7747 3599 7740 3591 7734

$$

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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.