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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Raleigh, NC

December 30, 2015Chatham County, Lee County, Moore County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 2015, 2:09 PM EST for Chatham County, Lee County, Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 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, 2:09 PM EST (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Dec 30, 2015, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Chatham County, NC, Lee County, NC, Moore County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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, 3:00 PM EST	FLASH FLOOD	Cameron, NC	SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN CAMERON AROUND 300 PM EST.
Dec 30, 3:50 PM EST	FLOOD	3 Ene Fearrington, NC	JORDAN LAKE OVER JEREMIAH DRIVE...HOME EVACUATIONS NEARBY BEGAN THIS MORNING AND ARE CONTINUING

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 one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 51 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

085 
WGUS52 KRAH 301909
FFWRAH
NCC037-105-125-310015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0032.151230T1909Z-151231T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
209 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EST
    
* AT 208 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE
  CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO ONE AND A
  HALF INCHES 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...
  SANFORD...SOUTHERN PINES...PITTSBORO...CARTHAGE...SILER CITY...
  PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...GOLDSTON...WHISPERING PINES AND PINEBLUFF.

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 3550 7955 3572 7955 3586 7902 3587 7891
      3561 7899 3558 7892 3527 7922 3523 7915
      3521 7915 3521 7912 3519 7913 3518 7916
      3519 7918 3520 7921 3521 7925 3516 7933
      3507 7943 3506 7946

$$

KRD

1 follow-up statement

961 
WGUS72 KRAH 302331
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
631 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

NCC037-105-125-302339-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-151231T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHATHAM NC-MOORE NC-LEE NC-
631 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHATHAM...CENTRAL MOORE AND LEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

ADDTIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AS THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED.


PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES... ESPECIALLY AROUND
JORDAN LAKE.

LAT...LON 3550 7955 3572 7955 3586 7902 3587 7891
      3561 7899 3558 7892 3527 7922 3523 7915
      3521 7915 3521 7912 3519 7913 3518 7916
      3519 7918 3520 7921 3521 7925 3516 7933
      3507 7943 3506 7946

$$

PWB

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, 12:57 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 12:57 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1257 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 /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 1255 PM WEDNESDAY...

24-HOUR TAF PERIOD: A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS THROUGH THE AREA THIS
AFT/EVE. SHOWERS SHOULD COME TO AN END FROM NW TO SE AFTER 00Z
THURSDAY. EXPECT IFR/LIFR AVIATION CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH
MUCH OF THE 24 HOUR TAF PERIOD...WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE
TRIAD...KINT AND KGSO...THURSDAY MORNING.

LOOKING AHEAD: POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL LINGER ON THURSDAY...
ESPECIALLY AT KFAY AND KRWI...AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY MAKES IT WAY
THROUGH THE AREA. SHOWERS COULD POSSIBLY LINGER AT KFAY UNTIL
THURSDAY EVENING OR EVEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DRIER WEATHER AND
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE 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...KC

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 6:27 AM EST, 7 hours 42 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

Local storm report, Dec 30, 12:46 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1246 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1240 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SSE TEER              35.92N  79.21W
12/30/2015                   ORANGE             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            ORANGE CO 911 REPORTS NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN
            SOUTHWEST ORANGE CO.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1501030

TDH

Local storm report, Dec 30, 12:47 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1247 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1240 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CARRBORO                35.92N  79.08W
12/30/2015                   ORANGE             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            ORANGE CO 911 REPORTS FLOODED HOME IN CARRBORO.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1501031

TDH

Local storm report, Dec 30, 1:15 PM EST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
115 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0109 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DURHAM                  35.98N  78.92W
12/30/2015                   DURHAM             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            DURHAM CO REPORTS THAT HIGH WATER SIGNS HAVE BEEN
            DEPLOYED TO NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS DURHAM EXPERIENCING
            HIGH WATER CONDITIONS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1501032

TDH

Local storm report, Dec 30, 1:22 PM EST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
122 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SW DURHAM             35.97N  78.92W
12/30/2015                   DURHAM             NC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF FLOODING OCCURRING AT NANAS RESTAURANT
            IN DURHAM. UNIVERSITY DR IN DURHAM IS ALSO FLOODED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1501033

TDH

Special weather statement, Dec 30, 1:28 PM EST, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
128 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

NCZ083-084-301930-
RICHMOND NC-ANSON NC-
128 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND AND ANSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EST...

AT 127 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PAGELAND...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKINGHAM...WADESBORO...HAMLET...ANSONVILLE...HOFFMAN...POLKTON...
ELLERBE...DOBBINS HEIGHTS...LILESVILLE AND MORVEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. IF THE
STORM INTENSIFIES AND ROTATION STRENGTHENS...A WARNING MAY NEED TO BE
ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 8028 3521 8026 3516 8022 3517 8020
      3515 8016 3517 8016 3519 8012 3514 8007
      3514 8002 3518 7985 3517 7962 3512 7957
      3507 7958 3504 7946 3499 7957 3494 7959
      3491 7956 3481 7965 3480 7969 3482 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 237DEG 43KT 3478 8036

10

Special weather statement, Dec 30, 1:36 PM EST, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
136 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

NCZ011-301900-
HALIFAX NC-
136 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
HALIFAX COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM EST...

AT 136 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICH SQUARE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTLAND NECK...HOBGOOD AND TILLERY.

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 3609 7731 3600 7741 3606 7753 3610 7754
      3610 7760 3630 7755 3632 7744 3629 7741
      3626 7741 3624 7738 3621 7738 3619 7735
      3619 7733 3617 7731 3617 7729 3616 7727
      3612 7724 3612 7725 3610 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 261DEG 46KT 3626 7738

KRD

The 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, 11:33 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Orange	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, 2:41 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.