Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2016, 11:18 AM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 20 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
- Oct 8, 2016, 11:18 AM EDT (15:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2016, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 5:39 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kinston, NC | ALEXANDER ROUSE RD IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS ROAD. |
| Oct 8, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Maury, NC | PARKING LOT OFF HWY 11 FLOODED TO CAR WINDOWS. |
| Oct 8, 6:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Faison, NC | NC 403 WASHED IN TWO EAST OF FAISON NEAR NORTH DUPLIN HIGH SCHOOL |
| Oct 8, 6:16 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 14 | Faison, NC | 24 HOUR AMOUNT SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
| Oct 8, 11:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Sandy Bottom, NC | HWY 55 BETWEEN KINSTON AND SANDY BOTTOM WASHED OUT NEAR GRANDMAS ATTIC. |
| Oct 9, 1:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kinston, NC | HILLCREST RD WASHED OUT AT SANDY CLAY RD. |
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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
892
WGUS52 KMHX 081518
FFWMHX
NCC031-049-061-079-103-107-133-082115-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FF.W.0007.161008T1518Z-161008T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1118 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 1116 AM EDT...HEAVY RAIN FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW CONTINUES
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS DUPLIN COUNTY. THESE AMOUNTS WILL
INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN NC. FLASH FLOODING
IS LIKELY, ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND ALONG RIVERS, SMALLER
CREEKS AND STREAMS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSONVILLE...NEW BERN...KINSTON...HAVELOCK...MOREHEAD CITY...
NEWPORT...WALLACE...WARSAW...LA GRANGE...HARKERS ISLAND...CEDAR
ISLAND...CAMP LEJEUNE CENTER...PUMPKIN CENTER...NEW RIVER
STATION...HALF MOON...PINEY GREEN...JAMES CITY...MOUNT OLIVE...
TRENT WOODS AND RIVER BEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3472 7768 3474 7820 3518 7816 3519 7816
3518 7784 3558 7782 3564 7770 3529 7738
3541 7718 3526 7691 3516 7701 3494 7691
3506 7602 3458 7654 3467 7649 3468 7649
3470 7718 3469 7715 3465 7711 3444 7752
$$
24 follow-up statements
528
WGUS72 KMHX 081849
FFSMHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
249 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
NCC031-049-061-079-103-107-133-082115-
/O.CON.KMHX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161008T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUPLIN NC-LENOIR NC-ONSLOW NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-JONES NC-
GREENE NC-
249 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
DUPLIN...LENOIR...ONSLOW...CARTERET...CRAVEN...JONES AND GREENE
COUNTIES...
AT 232 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD ROAD
CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING ACROSS DUPLIN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS
ESTIMATED 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS DUPLIN COUNTY
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING AND CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
DETERIORATE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
ARE LIKELY TO FOLLOW THROUGH THE NIGHT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSONVILLE...NEW BERN...KINSTON...HAVELOCK...MOREHEAD CITY...
WALLACE...WARSAW...LA GRANGE...CEDAR ISLAND...CAMP LEJEUNE CENTER...
NEW RIVER STATION...PINEY GREEN...JAMES CITY...MOUNT OLIVE...
AND RIVER BEND.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3472 7768 3474 7820 3518 7816 3519 7816
3518 7784 3558 7782 3564 7770 3529 7738
3541 7718 3526 7691 3516 7701 3494 7691
3506 7602 3458 7654 3467 7649 3468 7649
3470 7718 3469 7715 3465 7711 3444 7752
$$
BM/SJ601
WGUS52 KMHX 082108
FFWMHX
NCC031-049-061-079-103-107-133-090315-
/O.EXT.KMHX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161009T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
508 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT SATURDAY
* AT 504 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 8
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALREADY TODAY.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSONVILLE...NEW BERN...KINSTON...HAVELOCK...MOREHEAD CITY...
NEWPORT...WALLACE...WARSAW...LA GRANGE...HARKERS ISLAND...CEDAR
ISLAND...CAMP LEJEUNE CENTER...PUMPKIN CENTER...NEW RIVER
STATION...HALF MOON...PINEY GREEN...JAMES CITY...MOUNT OLIVE...
TRENT WOODS AND RIVER BEND.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AND WILL WORSEN THE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THAT IS
OCCURRING ACROSS THIS REGION. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION
AND NO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA IS ADVISED.
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 3472 7768 3474 7820 3518 7816 3519 7816
3518 7784 3558 7782 3564 7770 3529 7738
3541 7718 3526 7691 3516 7701 3494 7691
3506 7602 3458 7654 3467 7649 3468 7649
3470 7718 3469 7715 3465 7711 3444 7752
$$
8497
WGUS72 KMHX 090051
FFSMHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
851 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
NCC031-049-061-079-103-107-133-090315-
/O.CON.KMHX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161009T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUPLIN NC-LENOIR NC-ONSLOW NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-JONES NC-
GREENE NC-
851 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
DUPLIN...LENOIR...ONSLOW...CARTERET...CRAVEN...JONES AND GREENE
COUNTIES...
AT 846 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 TO 11 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSONVILLE...NEW BERN...KINSTON...HAVELOCK...MOREHEAD CITY...
NEWPORT...WALLACE...WARSAW...LA GRANGE...HARKERS ISLAND...CEDAR
ISLAND...CAMP LEJEUNE CENTER...PUMPKIN CENTER...NEW RIVER STATION...
HALF MOON...PINEY GREEN...JAMES CITY...MOUNT OLIVE...TRENT WOODS AND
RIVER BEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3472 7768 3474 7820 3518 7816 3519 7816
3518 7784 3558 7782 3564 7770 3529 7738
3541 7718 3526 7691 3516 7701 3494 7691
3506 7602 3458 7654 3467 7649 3468 7649
3470 7718 3469 7715 3465 7711 3444 7752
$$
31191
WGUS52 KMHX 090257
FFWMHX
NCC031-049-061-079-103-107-133-091115-
/O.EXT.KMHX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161009T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1057 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 715 AM EDT SUNDAY
* AT 1039 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS
ESTIMATED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR THE COAST AND 10 TO 12 INCHES
INLAND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO AN 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED, WASHED OUT OR IMPASSABLE.
LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSONVILLE...NEW BERN...KINSTON...HAVELOCK...MOREHEAD CITY...
NEWPORT...WALLACE...WARSAW...LA GRANGE...HARKERS ISLAND...CEDAR
ISLAND...CAMP LEJEUNE CENTER...PUMPKIN CENTER...NEW RIVER
STATION...HALF MOON...PINEY GREEN...JAMES CITY...MOUNT OLIVE...
TRENT WOODS AND RIVER BEND.
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 3472 7768 3474 7820 3518 7816 3519 7816
3518 7784 3558 7782 3564 7770 3529 7738
3541 7718 3526 7691 3516 7701 3494 7691
3506 7602 3458 7654 3467 7649 3468 7649
3470 7718 3469 7715 3465 7711 3444 7752
$$
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 11:12 PM EDT | Hurricane Warning | MHX | 36 hr | |
| Oct 8, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 28 min |
| Oct 8, 11:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 32 min |
| Oct 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 12 min |
| Oct 8, 2:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 36 min |
| Oct 8, 3:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Jones | 9 days |
| Oct 8, 4:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 10 days |
| Oct 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Craven | 15 days |
| Oct 8, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Martin | 68 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 14 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.