Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2016, 4:44 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Martin County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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 19, 2016, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 19, 4:54 PM EDT | FLOOD | 1 N Washington, NC | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 17 FROM CHERRY RUN ROAD TO HIGHWAY 171 AT OLD FORD. |
| Sep 19, 5:03 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Washington, NC | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS MULTIPLE STREETS CLOSED IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Sep 19, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Old Ford, NC | STATE EOC RELAYS REPORT OF FLOODING 3 FEET DEEP AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 17 AND 171. |
| Sep 19, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Washington, NC | STATE EOC RELAYS REPORT OF FLOODED STREETS IN WASHINGTON WITH STRANDED VEHICLES. WATER UP TO 3 FEET DEEP IN SOME AREAS. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
189
WGUS52 KMHX 192044
FFWMHX
NCC013-117-147-192215-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FF.W.0004.160919T2044Z-160919T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
444 PM EDT MON SEP 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 443 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
SPOTS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...WILLIAMSTON...RIVER ROAD...CHOCOWINITY...JAMESVILLE...
WASHINGTON PARK...GRIMESLAND AND BEARGRASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3593 7712 3593 7709 3594 7708 3593 7703
3589 7702 3589 7703 3588 7703 3587 7705
3586 7703 3586 7701 3590 7694 3590 7692
3586 7689 3582 7690 3581 7688 3533 7698
3542 7714 3543 7722 3594 7715 3594 7713
$$
51 follow-up statement
859
WGUS52 KMHX 192212
FFWMHX
NCC013-117-147-192315-
/O.EXT.KMHX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160919T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
612 PM EDT MON SEP 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 609 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN STILL
OCCURING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH FLOODING STILL REPORTED. UP
TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL PRODUCE MORE FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...WILLIAMSTON...RIVER ROAD...CHOCOWINITY...JAMESVILLE...
WASHINGTON PARK...GRIMESLAND AND BEARGRASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3593 7712 3593 7709 3594 7708 3593 7703
3589 7702 3589 7703 3588 7703 3587 7705
3586 7703 3586 7701 3590 7694 3590 7692
3586 7689 3582 7690 3581 7688 3533 7698
3542 7714 3543 7722 3594 7715 3594 7713
$$
JBMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 77 min |
| Sep 19, 3:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones | 117 min |
| Sep 19, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 57 min |
| Sep 19, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Washington | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Onslow | 117 min |
| Sep 19, 7:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 112 min |
| Sep 19, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.