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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 8, 20166 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2016, 3:56 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. 6 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, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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, 4:14 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 11.8	Lumberton, NC	RECORDED AT RAWS SITE WCON7.
Oct 8, 4:18 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 12.92	4 Nne Elizabethtown, NC	RECORDED AT RAWS SITE TURN7.
Oct 8, 4:20 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 11.61	2 Wsw Pates, NC	RECORDED AT GOES SITE PMBN7.
Oct 8, 4:30 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 15.65	Wm O Huske Ld, NC	RECORDED AT GOES SITE DRTN7 IN NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTY.
Oct 8, 6:33 PM EDT	FLOOD	1 Se Walkers Store, NC	NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER IS OVER ITS BANKS AND RUSHING INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
Oct 8, 7:20 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 N Lumberton, NC	FLOODING ON ROADWAY WITH WATER ENTERING FIRST FLOOR OF ECONO LODGE HOTEL.

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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 435 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

349 
WGUS52 KILM 081956
FFWILM
NCC017-019-047-129-141-155-090200-
/O.NEW.KILM.FF.W.0016.161008T1956Z-161009T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
356 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY

* AT 353 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO
  FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  FALLEN SO FAR TODAY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED
  THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD ROAD FLOODING...INCLUDING ROAD
  CLOSURES AND ROAD WASHOUTS...IS OCCURRING. MOST ROADS ARE FLOODING
  WITH MANY IMPASSABLE. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS THIS AREA IF YOU DO NOT
  HAVE TO...FLOODING BECOMES EVEN HARDER TO IDENTIFY AT NIGHT. 

* ALL OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE IMPACTED BY FLASH FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 388 AND 416.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 214.
 INTERSTATE 140  INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
1 AND 37.
 US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 365 AND 434.
 US ROUTE 17 IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. THE WATER DEPTH WILL BE HARD TO DETERMINE...AND
WASHED OUT OR DAMAGED ROADS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. AVOID
FLOODED AREAS OR ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED. KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE
FROM THE BANKS OF SWIFTLY MOVING STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3417 7783 3384 7796 3389 7803 3391 7814
      3390 7837 3385 7854 3463 7946 3477 7933
      3484 7935 3483 7919 3495 7903 3484 7890
      3485 7850 3455 7825 3472 7811 3472 7768
      3448 7758 3444 7752

$$

JDW

1 follow-up statement

737 
WGUS72 KILM 082328
FFSILM

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
728 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

NCC017-019-047-129-141-155-090200-
/O.CON.KILM.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161009T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW HANOVER NC-BLADEN NC-COLUMBUS NC-BRUNSWICK NC-PENDER NC-
ROBESON NC-
728 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NEW HANOVER...BLADEN...COLUMBUS...BRUNSWICK...PENDER AND ROBESON
COUNTIES...

AT 725 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED
ONGOING WATER RESCUES NEAR WHITEVILLE AND LUMBERTON. THESE RESCUES
ARE OCCURRING IN AN AREA WHICH HAS RECEIVED TREMENDOUS RAINFALL
TODAY...9 TO 14 INCHES...AND LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL ONLY INCREASE
ONGOING FLASH FLOODING. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED...IMPASSABLE...OR
WASHED AWAY. DO NOT VENTURE OUT TONIGHT.

ALL OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXPERIENCE
DAMAGING FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 388 AND 416.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 214.
 INTERSTATE 140  INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
1 AND 37.
 US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 365 AND 434.
 US ROUTE 17 IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. THE WATER DEPTH WILL BE HARD TO DETERMINE...AND
WASHED OUT OR DAMAGED ROADS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. AVOID
FLOODED AREAS OR ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED. KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE
FROM THE BANKS OF SWIFTLY MOVING STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3417 7783 3384 7796 3389 7803 3391 7814
      3390 7837 3385 7854 3463 7946 3477 7933
      3484 7935 3483 7919 3495 7903 3484 7890
      3485 7850 3455 7825 3472 7811 3472 7768
      3448 7758 3444 7752

$$

JDW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 4:42 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	12 hr
Oct 8, 5:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Columbus, Robeson	8 hr
Oct 8, 6:12 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	10 min
Oct 8, 6:41 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	19 min
Oct 8, 6:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender	11 min
Oct 8, 7:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	6 hr
Oct 8, 8:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Pender	12 min
Oct 8, 8:36 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson	54 min
Oct 8, 9:50 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	8 days
Oct 8, 10:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	6 hr
Oct 8, 5:10 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	27 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.