Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Feb 7, 2016, 6:08 PM EST for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Feb 7, 2016, 6:08 PM EST (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2016, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 6:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Surf City, NC | 1-2 FEET OF WATER ON KINGFISHER LANE BACKING UP TOWARDS HOMES |
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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 577 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
179
WGUS52 KILM 072308
FFWILM
NCC141-080215-
/O.NEW.KILM.FF.W.0001.160207T2308Z-160208T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
608 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EST
* AT 607 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND MORE HEAVY RAIN
IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY...ESPECIALLY NEAR SURF CITY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SURF CITY...RICH INLET...HAMPSTEAD...TOPSAIL BEACH...SCOTTS HILL...
WOODSIDE...TOPSAIL...EDGECOMB...MAPLE HILL...WHITE STOCKING AND ROCKY
POINT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 408 AND 413.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3434 7766 3429 7772 3435 7780 3437 7782
3438 7781 3439 7782 3438 7786 3436 7789
3437 7790 3472 7781 3472 7768 3448 7758
3447 7757 3446 7754 3444 7752
$$
JDW3 follow-up statements
407
WGUS72 KILM 080000
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
700 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2016
NCC141-080215-
/O.CON.KILM.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160208T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENDER NC-
700 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR
EASTERN PENDER COUNTY...
AT 659 PM EST...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AROUND SURF CITY HAS BEEN REPORTED...AND
MORE RAIN WILL ENHANCE THE ONGOING FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SURF CITY...RICH INLET...HAMPSTEAD...TOPSAIL BEACH...SCOTTS HILL...
WOODSIDE...TOPSAIL...EDGECOMB...MAPLE HILL...WHITE STOCKING AND ROCKY
POINT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 408 AND 413.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3434 7766 3429 7772 3435 7780 3437 7782
3438 7781 3439 7782 3438 7786 3436 7789
3437 7790 3472 7781 3472 7768 3448 7758
3447 7757 3446 7754 3444 7752
$$
JDW401
WGUS72 KILM 080134
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
834 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2016
NCC141-080215-
/O.CON.KILM.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160208T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENDER NC-
834 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR
EASTERN PENDER COUNTY...
AT 820 PM EST...ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS WEAKENED IN THE WARNING AREA
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN ON TOP OF THE 3 TO 6 INCHES THAT HAS FALLEN
ACROSS THE AREA WILL EXACERBATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING AND MAY LEAD TO
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SURFCITY...HAMPSTEAD...TOPSAIL BEACH...SCOTTS HILL...WOODSIDE...
TOPSAIL...EDGECOMB...MAPLE HILL...WHITE STOCKING AND ROCKY POINT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 408 AND 413.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3434 7766 3429 7772 3435 7780 3437 7782
3438 7781 3439 7782 3438 7786 3436 7789
3437 7790 3472 7781 3472 7768 3448 7758
3447 7757 3446 7754 3444 7752
$$
III308
WGUS72 KILM 080223
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
923 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2016
NCC141-080219-
/O.EXP.KILM.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160208T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENDER NC-
923 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN PENDER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM EST...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3434 7766 3429 7772 3435 7780 3437 7782
3438 7781 3439 7782 3438 7786 3436 7789
3437 7790 3472 7781 3472 7768 3448 7758
3447 7757 3446 7754 3444 7752
$$
IIIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:22 AM EST | Storm Warning | ILM | 18 hr | |
| Feb 7, 8:09 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 111 min |
| Feb 7, 10:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 2 hr |
| Feb 7, 11:07 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 53 min |
| Feb 7, 11:56 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:03 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 90 min |
| Feb 7, 3:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 95 min |
| Feb 7, 3:57 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 4 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.