Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Jun 26, 2015, 10:17 PM EDT (02:17 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 2015, 1:15 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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188 
WGUS52 KRAH 270217
FFWRAH
NCC153-165-270515-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0013.150627T0217Z-150627T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1017 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT
    
* AT 1015 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL SCOTLAND COUNTY. UP TO SEVERAL INCHES OF  
  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LAURINBURG...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...HOFFMAN...ELLERBE...DOBBINS
  HEIGHTS...WAGRAM...SANDHILLS GAME LAND...CAMP MACKALL AND EAST
  ROCKINGHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3482 7963 3497 7987 3498 7987 3501 7990
      3504 7988 3505 7988 3513 7973 3508 7958
      3507 7957 3507 7953 3505 7947 3496 7937
      3485 7934 3482 7936 3477 7933 3476 7935

$$

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672 
WGUS72 KRAH 270402
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1202 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

NCC153-165-270515-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150627T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCOTLAND NC-RICHMOND NC-
1202 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR
SCOTLAND AND CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTIES...

AT 1200 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS 
HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. UP TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH ASSOCIATED ROAD 
CLOSURES OF 5-0-1 NORTH HIGHWAY BETWEEN SCOTCH GROVE ROAD AND ARCH 
MCLEAN ROAD. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAURINBURG...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...HOFFMAN...ELLERBE...DOBBINS
HEIGHTS...WAGRAM...SANDHILLS GAME LAND...CAMP MACKALL AND EAST
ROCKINGHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3482 7963 3497 7987 3498 7987 3501 7990
      3504 7988 3505 7988 3513 7973 3508 7958
      3507 7957 3507 7953 3505 7947 3496 7937
      3485 7934 3482 7936 3477 7933 3476 7935

$$

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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.