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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 2, 2016Duplin County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2016, 8:43 PM EDT for Duplin County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 92 min. 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, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Duplin County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 2, 9:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 E Piney Green, NCWATER UP TO CAR WINDOWS IN NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO HORSE SHOE BEND AND ROCKY RUN RD.
Sep 2, 9:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOODHolly Ridge, NCHUDIBURG ST. CLOSED BECAUSE OF WATER ON ROAD IN HOLLY RIDGE

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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 335 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
643 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

870 
WGUS52 KMHX 030043
FFWMHX
NCC061-133-030215-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FF.W.0001.160903T0043Z-160903T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
843 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 840 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE REGION AND
  ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING
  IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JACKSONVILLE...WALLACE...WARSAW...HALF MOON...NEW RIVER STATION...
  PINEY GREEN...CAMP LEJEUNE CENTER...PUMPKIN CENTER...SWANSBORO...
  ROSE HILL...RICHLANDS...BEULAVILLE...KENANSVILLE...HARRELLS...
  RICHLANDS SOUTH...HAMMOCKS BEACH STATE PARK...SNEADS FERRY...
  SEA VIEW PIER...ALBERT J ELLIS AIRPORT AND HOLLY RIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3444 7752 3448 7758 3472 7768 3471 7798
      3473 7802 3471 7813 3474 7820 3490 7815
      3505 7816 3491 7740 3486 7723 3465 7711
      3464 7712 3453 7719 3444 7735

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX18 min
Sep 2, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico119 min
Sep 2, 9:05 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret25 min
Sep 2, 9:29 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret14 min
Sep 2, 9:50 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret25 min
Sep 2, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXCarteret92 min
Sep 2, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX26 min
Sep 2, 10:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington115 min
Sep 2, 10:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and 3 more2 hr
Sep 2, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX52 min
Sep 2, 11:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare, Hyde116 min
Sep 3, 12:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Tyrrell and 1 more117 min
Sep 3, 12:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXDare, Hyde92 min
Sep 3, 12:52 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare23 min
Sep 3, 12:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXCraven24 hr
Sep 3, 1:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXJones24 hr
Sep 3, 1:16 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare16 min
Sep 3, 1:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX39 min
Sep 3, 2:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington116 min
Sep 3, 3:25 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXBeaufort24 hr
Sep 3, 5:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXPitt28 hr
Sep 3, 7:49 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX4 days
Sep 3, 10:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXDuplin60 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.