Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 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
- Sep 2, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 7:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | N Whiteville, NC | MULTIPLE ROADS FLOODED COUNTY-WIDE. |
| Sep 2, 7:17 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Whiteville, NC | ONE FOOT OF WATER IN THE YARD |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
095
WGUS52 KILM 022200
FFWILM
NCC019-047-030100-
/O.NEW.KILM.FF.W.0004.160902T2200Z-160903T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
600 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 559 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT A RATE OF 3 INCHES PER
HOUR. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FALLING WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WHITEVILLE...SHALLOTTE...SUNSET BEACH...IREDELL...
CAROLINA SHORES...TABOR CITY...CHADBOURN...CALABASH...BETHEL...
LAKE WACCAMAW...FAIR BLUFF...WILLIAMS...HALLSBORO...FREELAND...
OLD DOCK...PIREWAY...MOLLIE...DULAH...BUGHILL AND CLARENDON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED. MOST FLOODING
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS THAT ARE
FLOODED.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3445 7866 3446 7865 3445 7862 3438 7845
3437 7837 3396 7832 3388 7857 3423 7898
3431 7906 3431 7904 3433 7904 3440 7896
3446 7885 3446 7866
$$
SRP2 follow-up statements
756
WGUS72 KILM 022340
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
740 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
NCC019-047-030100-
/O.CON.KILM.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160903T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLUMBUS NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
740 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
COLUMBUS AND SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES...
AT 738 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH
LOWER RAINFALL RATES ACROSS COLUMBUS COUNTY AND WESTERN BRUNSWICK
COUNTY AT THE MOMENT. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM AND MANY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WHITEVILLE...SHALLOTTE...IREDELL...TABOR CITY...CHADBOURN...
CALABASH...BETHEL...LAKE WACCAMAW...FAIR BLUFF...WILLIAMS...
HALLSBORO...FREELAND...OLD DOCK...PIREWAY...MOLLIE...DULAH...
BUGHILL AND CLARENDON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3445 7866 3446 7865 3445 7862 3438 7845
3437 7837 3396 7832 3388 7857 3423 7898
3431 7906 3431 7904 3433 7904 3440 7896
3446 7885 3446 7866
$$
SRP691
WGUS72 KILM 030056
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
856 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
NCC019-047-030103-
/O.EXP.KILM.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160903T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLUMBUS NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
856 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLUMBUS AND SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT...
ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA WATER WILL
CONTINUE TO POOL INTO LOW-LYING AREAS FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. SOME
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS HERMINE LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE AREA. IN THE MEANTIME...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3445 7866 3446 7865 3445 7862 3438 7845
3437 7837 3396 7832 3388 7857 3423 7898
3431 7906 3431 7904 3433 7904 3440 7896
3446 7885 3446 7866
$$
SRPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:09 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 45 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:40 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILM | Robeson | 22 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 87 min | |
| Sep 2, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 91 min | |
| Sep 2, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 7 days |
| Sep 2, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 3 days |
| Sep 2, 10:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 66 min | |
| Sep 2, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 53 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 43 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 48 min | |
| Sep 2, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Pender, Robeson | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, 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.