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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 19, 2015Edgecombe County, Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this areal flood warning at Jun 19, 2015, 12:13 AM EDT for Edgecombe County, Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2015, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Nash County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -250 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jun 19, 12:10 AM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 12:10 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:15 PM EDT, 7 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
415 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

NCZ007>011-021>026-038-039-192015-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-
415 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE
STRONGEST OF WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

AFTER SLIGHTLY LESS HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MIDDLE 90S IS EXPECTED TO RETURN
SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-192015-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
415 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AROUND THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL HEAT
ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL
AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ027-028-040-041-073>076-083-084-192015-
NASH-EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-
415 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED IN THE 100 TO 103 DEGREE RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

AFTER SLIGHTLY LESS HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF UPPER 90S HEAT IS EXPECTED TO
RETURN SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:48 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:53 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:01 AM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:03 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:10 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	29 min
Jun 18, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Vance, Warren	66 min
Jun 18, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	48 min
Jun 18, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	54 min
Jun 18, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	40 min
Jun 18, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Wake, Wilson	65 min
Jun 18, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	59 min
Jun 18, 9:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Wake	3 hr
Jun 18, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	62 min
Jun 18, 9:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	3 hr
Jun 18, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Orange	57 min
Jun 18, 9:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Durham, Wake	2 hr
Jun 18, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wake, Wilson	90 min
Jun 18, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	56 min
Jun 18, 9:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	96 min
Jun 18, 10:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange	2 hr
Jun 18, 11:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	6 hr
Jun 19, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	60 min
Jun 19, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Randolph	55 min
Jun 19, 3:34 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Anson, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston and 11 more	27 hr
Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	55 min
Jun 19, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	67 min
Jun 19, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	51 min
Jun 19, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	57 min
Jun 19, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Moore, Randolph	45 min
Jun 19, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	32 min
Jun 19, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	46 min
Jun 19, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	54 min
Jun 19, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	64 min
Jun 19, 5:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	119 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	63 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	47 min
Jun 19, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	36 min
Jun 19, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	66 min
Jun 19, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Guilford	117 min
Jun 19, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	64 min
Jun 19, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee, Moore	62 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Guilford	3 hr
Jun 19, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	57 min
Jun 19, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	60 min
Jun 19, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	65 min
Jun 19, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	35 min
Jun 19, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Wake	65 min
Jun 19, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	44 min
Jun 19, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	44 min
Jun 19, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	62 min

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Areal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015 Every areal flood warning in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.