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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 2015, 11:33 AM EST for Alamance County, Chatham County, Orange County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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
- Dec 30, 2015, 11:33 AM EST (16:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2015, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Orange County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 12:32 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Snow Camp, NC | ALAMANCE CO 911 REPORTS OF FLOODING IN SNOW CAMP. CLARK RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Dec 30, 12:40 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sse Teer, NC | ORANGE CO 911 REPORTS NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN SOUTHWEST ORANGE CO. |
| Dec 30, 12:40 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Carrboro, NC | ORANGE CO 911 REPORTS FLOODED HOME IN CARRBORO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 59 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1236 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
691
WGUS52 KRAH 301633
FFWRAH
NCC001-037-135-302030-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0028.151230T1633Z-151230T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1133 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 1132 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE
CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH
OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AS STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE
AREA...ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAPEL HILL...HILLSBOROUGH...SILER CITY...CARRBORO...
SWEPSONVILLE...SUTPHIN...ENO RIVER STATE PARK...SAXAPAHAW...EFLAND
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.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 7898 3588 7902 3570 7954 3598 7953
$$
KRD1 follow-up statement
500 WGUS72 KRAH 301813 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 113 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015 NCC001-037-135-302030- /O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-151230T2030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ORANGE NC-CHATHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC- 113 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN ORANGE...NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM AND SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTIES... AT 106 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ALAMANCE...ORANGE...AND CHATHAM COUNTIES. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN CARRBORO AND SNOW CAMP...WITH NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHAPEL HILL...HILLSBOROUGH...SILER CITY...CARRBORO...SWEPSONVILLE... SUTPHIN...ENO RIVER STATE PARK...SAXAPAHAW...EFLAND AND CANE CREEK RESERVOIR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3612 7898 3588 7902 3570 7954 3598 7953 $$ 10
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Dec 30, 6:56 AM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 6:56 AM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 655 AM WED DEC 30 2015 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH CENTRAL NC FROM THE WEST TODAY... THEN CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 325 AM WEDNESDAY... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT THE COASTAL PLAIN AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING... A LINGERING CAD WEDGE AIRMASS CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE NORTHWEST/NORTHERN PIEDMONT THIS MORNING... GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-85 CORRIDOR. THIS HAD RESULTED IN AREAS OF DENSE FOG ACROSS THIS AREA. EXPECT WE SHOULD SEE AN IMPROVING TREND FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS... AS THE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST... AND PRECIP EVENTUALLY OVERSPREADS THE AREA. THUS... WILL LEAVE THE DFA AS IS FOR NOW... WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO CANCEL IT A LITTLE EARLY. THE NEXT BIG PROBLEM FOR TODAY WILL BE THE EXPECTED SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. WE HAVE ELECTED TO EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH TO COVER THE PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS... WITH ONLY THE FAR EAST AND SOUTHEAST NOT IN THE FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL KEY PARAMETERS POINT TO A POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEM TODAY... FIRST ANOMALOUSLY HIGH PW'S FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR (PW'S INCREASING TO AROUND 1.8 TO 1.9 INCHES... EVEN IMPRESSIVE IN SUMMERTIME). SECOND THE SYNOPTIC SETUP OF A LINGERING WEDGE FRONT AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... WHICH IS GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE MID/UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW... WHICH COULD LEAD TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND STORMS... AND A SLOW FRONTAL PASSAGE. FINALLY... WITH SOME INSTABILITY (UP TO 500-800 J/KG) AND A NICE UPPER JET WE COULD SEE SOME DEEPER CONVECTION/STORMS... YIELDING HIGHER PRECIP RATES. COMBINE THIS WITH ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS (SATURATED SOILS AND AREA LAKES/PONDS/CREEKS/RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH OR IN FLOOD) WE HAVE EXPANDED THE FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING THREAT... WE COULD SEE A FEW STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS. HOWEVER... WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST SKIES EXPECTED TODAY... SURFACE INSTABILITY MAIN BE THE LIMITING FACTOR. THE LATEST GFS IS NOW SHOWING UP TO 800 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE ACROSS OUR FAR EAST. GIVEN DEEP LAYER SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF 35 TO 45 KT... EXPECT WE COULD SEE AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM OR TWO.. ESPECIALLY IF A WE DO SEE A LITTLE SUN ACROSS OUR EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND A DECENT DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY SETS UP. THIS COULD RESULT IN A SMALL RISK FOR A DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND/OR BRIEF WEAK TORNADO. HIGH TEMPS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE TODAY FROM THE LOWER 60S NORTH/NORTHWEST TO THE MID 70S SE. THE SURFACE FRONT WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTH AND EASTWARD THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT... WITH THE LINGERING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS. LOW TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID 50S NW TO THE MID 60S SE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY... CONFLUENCE ALONG A MID LEVEL TROUGH COUPLED WITH A MOIST AIR MASS WILL MAINTAIN A DECENT THREAT FOR SHOWERS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THURSDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. EXPECT CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOWERS TO DWINDLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH DRIFTS SEWD. A SERIES OF PERTURBATIONS ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN A MARGINAL THREAT FOR SHOWERS OVER THE FAR SE COUNTIES INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ANY CLEARING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BEHIND THE FRONT EXPECTED TO BE SLOW/GRADUAL AS MEAN FLOW REMAINS W-SW. WINDS DO NOT BEGIN TO VEER TO A W-NW FLOW UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF THE 850-700MB FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THUS EXPECT SKIES TO REMAIN OVERCAST OR MOSTLY CLOUDY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH SLOW CLEARING DRIFTING SEWD FRIDAY AFTERNOON- FRIDAY NIGHT. AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO TAKE A TUMBLE THIS PERIOD. ANOTHER MILD DAY EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS TEMPS VARYING FROM AROUND 60 NW TO NEAR 70 SE. A DEEPER LOW LEVEL NLY FLOW WILL ADVECT A COOLER AIR MASS INTO THE REGION FRIDAY...RESULTING IN AFTERNOON TEMPS 8-15 DEGREES COOLER 9THOUGH CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMS). HIGH TEMPS FRIDAY IN THE LOW-MID 50S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY... TRANQUIL WEATHER PATTERN SETTING UP OVER THE CAROLINAS THIS PERIOD. A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND A SFC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM INITIALLY CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. BUT EXTENDING EAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC WILL PRODUCE DRY AND SEASONABLY COOL CONDITIONS. THE SFC HIGH WILL BECOME POSITIONED OVER NEW ENGLAND AND BUILD SWD INTO THE CAROLINAS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL AVERAGE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL WHILE OVERNIGHT TEMPS WILL DROP TO AROUND FREEZING. THE DRY AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH WILL PRODUCE FEW IF ANY CLOUDS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH A NOTED UPTICK IN HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS EXPECTED TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 650 AM WEDNESDAY... 24 HOUR TAF PERIOD: ADVERSE AVIATION CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD... AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GENERALLY LIFR-IFR/LOW END MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS THE PRECIP MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. SHOWERS WILL LINGERING ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT... WHILE CIGS AND VISBYS LOWER OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWERS. OUTLOOK: POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY MAKES IT WAY THROUGH THE AREA...WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLY LINGERING AT KFAY UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON NOW. DRIER WEATHER AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR NCZ073-074-083-084. && SYNOPSIS...BADGETT/BSD NEAR TERM...BSD SHORT TERM...WSS LONG TERM...WSS AVIATION...BSD/22
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 6:27 AM EST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 627 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 NCZ007>010-021>026-038>042-073>077-083>086-311030- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-STANLY- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- 627 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS WILL DUMP BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN ON AN ALREADY SATURATED TOP SOIL. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ011-027-028-043-078-088-089-311030- HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 627 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS WILL DUMP BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THIS AREA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD BEING ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 6:31 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 631 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 NCZ007>011-023>028-040>043-076-077-301415- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM- FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-LEE-HARNETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...BURLINGTON... GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE... ROCKY MOUNT...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...SANFORD...DUNN... ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON 631 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 ...POCKETS OF DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY THIS MORNING... POCKETS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN THE VISIBILITY AND TO REDUCE THEIR SPEED WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH FOGGY AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE BY MID MORNING.
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 8:15 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
815 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
NCZ089-301345-
SAMPSON NC-
815 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
SAMPSON COUNTY UNTIL 845 AM EST...
AT 815 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TURKEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE
EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3491 7842 3505 7816 3490 7815 3481 7818
3475 7831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 238DEG 49KT 3488 7828
RAHSpecial weather statement, Dec 30, 9:29 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
929 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
NCZ007-022>024-039-040-301530-
GUILFORD NC-RANDOLPH NC-PERSON NC-ORANGE NC-ALAMANCE NC-CHATHAM NC-
929 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS
OF GUILFORD...NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH...SOUTHWESTERN PERSON...ORANGE...
ALAMANCE AND NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM EST...
AT 927 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR HIGH POINT TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SILER CITY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...HILLSBOROUGH...
RANDLEMAN...SILER CITY...MEBANE...MCLEANSVILLE AND ELON COLLEGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE
EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3617 7896 3608 7898 3565 7958 3601 8004
3612 8004 3625 7995 3624 7915 3632 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 214DEG 33KT 3606 7998 3580 7957
KRDSpecial weather statement, Dec 30, 10:56 AM EST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1056 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
NCZ038-039-301700-
RANDOLPH NC-DAVIDSON NC-
1056 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL RANDOLPH
AND EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTIES UNTIL NOON EST...
AT 1056 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF ASHEBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHEBORO...RANDLEMAN...NORTH CAROLINA ZOO...RAMSEUR...
FRANKLINVILLE...RANDLEMAN REGIONAL RESERVIOR MARINA...MARTHA AND
ULAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3591 7973 3590 7964 3569 7955 3552 8000
3572 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1556Z 238DEG 28KT 3566 8002
KRDLocal storm report, Dec 30, 11:27 AM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1127 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1124 AM FLASH FLOOD DENTON 35.64N 80.11W
12/30/2015 DAVIDSON NC 911 CALL CENTER
DAVIDSON COUNTY 911 REPORTED MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING IN DENTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS. NO ACTIVE
RESCUES ARE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RAH1501028
TDHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 10:11 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 9:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange | 61 min |
| Dec 30, 10:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 64 min |
| Dec 30, 11:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 11:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 11:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Warren | 62 min |
| Dec 30, 12:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 36 min |
| Dec 30, 12:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 62 min |
| Dec 30, 1:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 5 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 24 min |
| Dec 30, 1:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Stanly | 5 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:09 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 5 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 49 min |
| Dec 30, 3:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 42 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 31 min |
| Dec 30, 4:22 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Nash and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:55 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 5 days |
| Dec 30, 6:50 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 34 hr |
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.