Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 29, 2016, 9:28 AM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 92 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2016, 9:28 AM EDT (13:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
770
WGUS52 KILM 291328
FFWILM
NCC017-047-291500-
/O.NEW.KILM.FF.W.0009.160929T1328Z-160929T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
928 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 928 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING
INTO AN AREA WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN EARLY
THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH 11 AM
WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ELIZABETHTOWN...LAGOON...ELKTON...CARVERS...LISBON...COUNCIL...
EMERSON...ABBOTTSBURG...CLARKTON...WHITE LAKE...BOLTON AND BLADEN
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 409 AND 410.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3459 7830 3432 7839 3441 7877 3468 7868
$$
82 follow-up statements
605 WGUS72 KILM 291416 FFSILM FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1016 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 NCC017-047-291500- /O.CON.KILM.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160929T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BLADEN NC-COLUMBUS NC- 1016 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN BLADEN AND NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES... AT 1016 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS BEGINNING TO SHIFT EAST OF THE WARNING AREA. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 AM. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1.25 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER VERY NORTHEAST COLUMBUS COUNTY...AND ALSO AROUND ELIZABETHTOWN AND CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ELIZABETHTOWN...LAGOON...ELKTON...CARVERS...LISBON...COUNCIL... EMERSON...ABBOTTSBURG...CLARKTON...WHITE LAKE...BOLTON AND BLADEN COUNTY HOSPITAL. THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 409 AND 410. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. FLOWING WATER CAN BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE: TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3459 7830 3432 7839 3441 7877 3468 7868 $$ 8
390 WGUS72 KILM 291454 FFSILM FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1054 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 NCC017-047-291502- /O.EXP.KILM.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160929T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BLADEN NC-COLUMBUS NC- 1054 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BLADEN AND NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM EDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING LATER TODAY REMAINS IN PLACE. LAT...LON 3459 7830 3432 7839 3441 7877 3468 7868 $$ 8
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Hoke | 28 min |
| Sep 28, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Hoke | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 4:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Robeson | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 6:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 7:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 8:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 103 min |
| Sep 29, 8:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 4 days |
| Sep 29, 9:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 9 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 4 days |
| Sep 29, 10:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 61 min |
| Sep 29, 12:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 42 min |
| Sep 29, 2:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.