Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2016, 6:32 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 22, 2016, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2016, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 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 22:35 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 22, 6:46 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Topsail, NC | BOTH OUTSIDE LANES OF US HWY 17 CLOSED AT TOPSAIL SCHOOL COMPLEX |
| Sep 22, 7:03 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Kings Landing, NC | A PORTION OF SOUTH BELVEDERE DRIVE WASHED OUT |
| Sep 22, 8:48 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Topsail, NC | ROAD WASHOUT AT INTERSECTION OF COUNTRY CLUB RD AND OLDE POINT RD. |
| Sep 22, 9:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Sloop Point, NC | REPORT OF ROAD CLOSURE ON SLOOP POINT ROAD DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Sep 22, 9:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Woodside, NC | LONG LEAF DRIVE IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Sep 22, 9:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Woodside, NC | REPORTS OF FLOODING ON LONG LEAF DRIVE. |
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, 10.5 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
- 832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
133
WGUS52 KILM 222232
FFWILM
NCC141-230100-
/O.NEW.KILM.FF.W.0006.160922T2232Z-160923T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
632 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 630 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. NEARLY SIX OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY, WITH TWO INCHES
IN JUST THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RICH INLET...HAMPSTEAD...TOPSAIL BEACH...WOODSIDE AND TOPSAIL.
THE WORST FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTH END OF TOPSAIL ISLAND
TO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD IN HAMPSTEAD, THEN ACROSS HIGHWAY 17 TO HOOVER
ROAD AND THE CASTLE BAY COMMUNITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. FLOWING WATER CAN BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE: TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3432 7769 3429 7771 3440 7776 3448 7765
3439 7759
$$
TRA5 follow-up statements
268
WGUS72 KILM 222254
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
654 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
NCC141-230100-
/O.CON.KILM.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160923T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENDER NC-
654 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY...
AT 652 PM EDT...LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING. BOTH
OUTSIDE LANES OF HIGHWAY 17 WERE CLOSED NEAR THE TOPSAIL SCHOOL
COMPLEX. OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY, WITH TWO INCHES
IN JUST THE PAST HOUR.
THE WORST FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTH END OF TOPSAIL ISLAND
TO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD IN HAMPSTEAD...THEN ACROSS HIGHWAY 17 TO HOOVER
ROAD AND THE CASTLE BAY COMMUNITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. FLOWING WATER CAN BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE: TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3432 7769 3429 7771 3440 7776 3448 7765
3439 7759
$$
TRA140
WGUS72 KILM 222326
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
726 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
NCC141-230100-
/O.CON.KILM.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160923T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENDER NC-
726 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY...
AT 722 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ALONG THE SOUTH END OF
TOPSAIL ISLAND. LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE A PORTION OF SOUTH
BELVEDERE DRIVE HAS WASHED OUT BEHIND TOPSAIL ISLAND. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OVER THREE INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS,
WITH TODAY'S STORM TOTAL LIKELY APPROACHING SEVEN INCHES IN SPOTS.
THE WORST FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTH END OF TOPSAIL ISLAND
TO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD IN HAMPSTEAD...THEN ACROSS HIGHWAY 17 TO HOOVER
ROAD AND THE CASTLE BAY COMMUNITY.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SURF CITY...HAMPSTEAD...TOPSAIL BEACH...SCOTTS HILL...WOODSIDE...
TOPSAIL AND EDGECOMB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. FLOWING WATER CAN BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE: TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3432 7769 3429 7771 3440 7776 3448 7765
3439 7759
$$
TRA234
WGUS72 KILM 222359
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
759 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
NCC141-230100-
/O.CON.KILM.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160923T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENDER NC-
759 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY...
AT 756 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN NEAR AND NORTH OF
HAMPSTEAD DUE TO OVER SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN WHICH HAS FALLEN TODAY.
TRAVELERS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT AS
DEBRIS AND DEEP WATER COVERS SOME ROADS.
THE WORST FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTH END OF TOPSAIL ISLAND
TO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD IN HAMPSTEAD...THEN ACROSS HIGHWAY 17 TO HOOVER
ROAD AND THE CASTLE BAY COMMUNITY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RICH INLET...HAMPSTEAD...TOPSAIL BEACH...WOODSIDE AND TOPSAIL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. FLOWING WATER CAN BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE: TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3432 7769 3429 7771 3440 7776 3448 7765
3439 7759
$$
TRA145
WGUS52 KILM 230101
FFWILM
NCC141-230230-
/O.EXT.KILM.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160923T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
901 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 854 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A ROAD
WASHOUT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE AND OLDE POINT
ROAD. THIS HAS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF NEARLY 8 INCHES OF RAIN
THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY.
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.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. FLOWING WATER CAN BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE: TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 3432 7769 3429 7771 3440 7776 3448 7765
3439 7759
$$
MORGAN984
WGUS72 KILM 230241
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1041 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
NCC141-230242-
/O.EXP.KILM.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160923T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENDER NC-
1041 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY,
HAZARDS FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT AS WATER IN DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS SLOWLY RECEDES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, AS SOME
ROADWAYS MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT OR OTHERWISE DAMAGED BY EARLIER
FLOODING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED ONE CONFIRMED
REPORT OF A ROAD WASHOUT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE
AND OLD POINT ROAD JUST NORTH OF HAMPSTEAD.
LAT...LON 3432 7769 3429 7771 3440 7776 3448 7765
3439 7759
$$
MORGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 9:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 113 min |
| Sep 22, 10:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Sep 22, 10:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Pender | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Sep 22, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Pender | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 33 min |
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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.