Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

May 15, 2014, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)

Expired

May 15, 2014, 9:30 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Orange County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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366 
WGUS52 KRAH 152235
FFWRAH
NCC135-160130-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0007.140515T2235Z-140516T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
635 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 635 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE
  CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND PRODUCING FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
  AREA.  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO AND CANE CREEK RESERVOIR. 

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3586 7902 3586 7912 3588 7925 3590 7926
      3604 7926 3604 7899

$$

ELLIS

469 
WGUS72 KRAH 152328
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
728 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

NCC135-160130-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140516T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ORANGE NC-
728 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 727 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLASH FLOODING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUD ROADS AND LOW LYING
AREAS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. FLOOD WATERS WILL ALSO THREATEN SOME HOMES
AND BUSINESSES. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD
PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

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 3586 7902 3586 7912 3588 7925 3590 7926
      3604 7926 3604 7899

$$

ELLIS

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

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.