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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2016, 8:27 PM EDT for 9 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. 11 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
- Oct 8, 2016, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2016, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 9:54 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.16 | Hertford, NC | MESONET STATION HERTFORD /AR727/. |
| Oct 8, 9:54 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.16 | Hertford, NC | MESONET STATION HERTFORD /AR727/. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Oct 8, 11:46 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.03 | 1 S Easons Crossroads, NC | MESONET STATION EASONS CROSSROADS /TS891/. |
| Oct 8, 11:57 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.2 | Sligo, NC | MESONET STATION SLIGO /C2967/. |
| Oct 9, 12:13 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.81 | 3 Ssw Burnt Mills, NC | MESONET STATION 3 SSW BURNT MILLS /ELRN7/. |
| Oct 9, 12:17 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 10.36 | 3 Ene Windsor, NC | MESONET STATION 3 ENE WINDSOR /GCRN7/. |
| Oct 9, 12:20 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 8 | Windsor, NC | MESONET STATION NC IFLOWS AT WINDSOR /WNRN7/. |
| Oct 9, 12:25 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.16 | Elizabeth City, NC | MESONET STATION MARINERS WARF PARK AT ELIZABETH CITY /EMWN7/. |
| Oct 9, 12:30 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.69 | South Mills, NC | MESONET STATION JOYCE CREEK INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY /SMLN7/. |
| Oct 9, 12:47 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.98 | 1 S Corapeake, NC | MESONET STATION CORAPEAKE /D4435/. |
| Oct 9, 12:52 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.49 | 1 Nw Pierceville, NC | MESONET STATION PIERCEVILLE /AR509/. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
636
WGUS51 KAKQ 090027
FFWAKQ
NCC015-029-041-053-073-091-131-139-143-090630-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0013.161009T0027Z-161009T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
827 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHOWAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
PERQUIMANS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
GATES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
HERTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT SUNDAY
* AT 817 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. TWO TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR ALONE. AN
ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
FLASH FLOODING. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE REGION
ALREADY DUE TO HIGH WATER. ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT MAJOR
FLOODING IS OCCURING IN GATES COUNTY AT THIS TIME AND MOST ROADS
ARE IMPASSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL TONIGHT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CURRITUCK...ELIZABETH CITY...CAMDEN...AHOSKIE...WINDSOR...
MURFREESBORO...HERTFORD...RICH SQUARE...AULANDER...WINFALL...
GATESVILLE...ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY...CHOWAN UNIVERSITY...
SOUTH MILLS...SUNBURY...RYLAND...WEEKSVILLE...GATES...CONWAY AND
WOODLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3581 7688 3590 7692 3586 7704 3594 7704
3593 7719 3601 7721 3606 7732 3611 7723
3616 7726 3621 7739 3632 7747 3654 7733
3654 7595 3613 7613 3608 7641 3602 7648
3606 7662 3601 7669 3588 7674 3588 7683
$$
MRD2 follow-up statements
086
WGUS71 KAKQ 090215
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1015 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
NCC015-029-041-053-073-091-131-139-143-090630-
/O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161009T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOWAN NC-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-GATES NC-CURRITUCK NC-
BERTIE NC-CAMDEN NC-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD NC-
1015 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY...ESPECIALLY FOR CHOWAN
COUNTY...EASTERN BERTIE COUNTY AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR
CHOWAN...PASQUOTANK...PERQUIMANS...GATES...NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK...
BERTIE...WEST CENTRAL CAMDEN...EASTERN NORTHAMPTON AND HERTFORD
COUNTIES...
AT 1011 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE REGION. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. RAINFALL OF
3.31 INCHES FELL IN EDENTON BETWEEN 9PM AND 10PM WHICH WILL CAUSE
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CHOWAN...EASTERN BERTIE AND
PERQUIMANS COUNTY. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW!
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CURRITUCK...ELIZABETH CITY...CAMDEN...AHOSKIE...WINDSOR...
MURFREESBORO...HERTFORD...RICH SQUARE...AULANDER...WINFALL...
GATESVILLE...ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY...CHOWAN UNIVERSITY...
SOUTH MILLS...SUNBURY...RYLAND...WEEKSVILLE...GATES...CONWAY AND
WOODLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3581 7688 3590 7692 3586 7704 3594 7704
3593 7719 3601 7721 3606 7732 3611 7723
3616 7726 3621 7739 3632 7747 3654 7733
3654 7595 3613 7613 3608 7641 3602 7648
3606 7662 3601 7669 3588 7674 3588 7683
$$
MRD779
WGUS71 KAKQ 090628
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
228 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016
NCC015-029-041-053-073-091-131-139-143-090635-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161009T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOWAN NC-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-GATES NC-CURRITUCK NC-
BERTIE NC-CAMDEN NC-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD NC-
228 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHOWAN...PASQUOTANK...PERQUIMANS...
GATES...NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK...BERTIE...WEST CENTRAL CAMDEN...
EASTERN NORTHAMPTON AND HERTFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM
EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER IMMINENT.
HOWEVER...FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA AS FLOODING
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO SIX TO TEN INCHES OF
RAIN ACROSS THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3581 7688 3590 7692 3586 7704 3594 7704
3593 7719 3601 7721 3606 7732 3611 7723
3616 7726 3621 7739 3632 7747 3654 7733
3654 7595 3613 7613 3608 7641 3602 7648
3606 7662 3601 7669 3588 7674 3588 7683
$$
ZIMMERMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more | 24 hr |
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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.