Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2016, 4:35 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 14 hr. 7 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, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2016, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greenville, NC | WINDHAM ROAD IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER ACROSS ROAD FROM TYSON CREEK. |
| Oct 8, 8:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greenville, NC | SEVERAL CARS STRANDED AT CORNER OF FIRETOWER AND ARLINGTON BLVD. |
| Oct 8, 8:27 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.45 | Grimesland, NC | RAINFALL SINCE NOON SATURDAY |
| Oct 8, 10:53 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greenville, NC | FLOODING IN FRONT OF PIRATES PLACE APARTMENTS UP TO TOP OF CARS. |
| Oct 8, 11:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greenville, NC | WATER FLOWING SWIFTLY OVER WILLIAMS RD. BETWEEN GREENVILLE BLVD. AND DICKINSON AVE. |
| Oct 9, 12:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greenville, NC | ARLINGTON BLVD. AND FIRE TOWER RD. INTERSECTION FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
| Oct 9, 3:01 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greenville, NC | *** 1 FATAL *** ONE FATALITY IN PITT COUNTY JUST REPORTED BY GREENVILLE FIRE AND RESCUE DUE TO CAR DRIVING THRU HIGH WATER AT MOZINGO AT VOA SITE C RD. CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OVERPASS |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.
878
WGUS52 KMHX 082035
FFWMHX
NCC079-107-117-147-090230-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FF.W.0008.161008T2035Z-161009T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
435 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT SATURDAY
* AT 429 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. THESE
AMOUNTS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND ALONG
RIVERS...SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...WASHINGTON...WINTERVILLE...WILLIAMSTON...AYDEN...
FARMVILLE...GRIFTON...ROBERSONVILLE...PITT GREENVILLE AIRPORT...
DOWDY FICKLEN STADIUM...EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY...JAMESVILLE...
GRIMESLAND...FOUNTAIN...SIMPSON...HAMILTON...OAK CITY...PARMELE...
EVERETTS AND FALKLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3601 7721 3593 7719 3594 7705 3586 7703
3590 7693 3581 7690 3588 7683 3586 7678
3568 7692 3573 7717 3560 7715 3552 7702
3553 7717 3535 7726 3533 7742 3564 7771
3580 7747 3582 7735 3599 7740 3607 7733
$$
312 follow-up statements
290
WGUS72 KMHX 090104
FFSMHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
904 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
NCC079-107-117-147-090230-
/O.CON.KMHX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-161009T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LENOIR NC-GREENE NC-MARTIN NC-PITT NC-
904 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LENOIR...NORTHEASTERN GREENE...MARTIN AND PITT
COUNTIES...
AT 858 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 7 TO 10 INCHES
ACROSS THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...WASHINGTON...WINTERVILLE...WILLIAMSTON...AYDEN...
FARMVILLE...GRIFTON...ROBERSONVILLE...PITT GREENVILLE AIRPORT...DOWDY
FICKLEN STADIUM...EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY...JAMESVILLE...
GRIMESLAND...FOUNTAIN...SIMPSON...HAMILTON...OAK CITY...PARMELE...
EVERETTS AND FALKLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3601 7721 3593 7719 3594 7705 3586 7703
3590 7693 3581 7690 3588 7683 3586 7678
3568 7692 3573 7717 3560 7715 3552 7702
3553 7717 3535 7726 3533 7742 3564 7771
3580 7747 3582 7735 3599 7740 3607 7733
$$
31867
WGUS52 KMHX 090231
FFWMHX
NCC079-107-117-147-091030-
/O.EXT.KMHX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-161009T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1031 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 AM EDT SUNDAY
* AT 1022 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. EIGHT TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT. WITH MANY ROADS CLOSED...WASHED OUT OR IMPASSABLE, LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AND WORSEN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...WASHINGTON...WINTERVILLE...WILLIAMSTON...AYDEN...
FARMVILLE...GRIFTON...ROBERSONVILLE...PITT GREENVILLE AIRPORT...
DOWDY FICKLEN STADIUM...EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY...JAMESVILLE...
GRIMESLAND...FOUNTAIN...SIMPSON...HAMILTON...OAK CITY...PARMELE...
EVERETTS AND FALKLAND.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3601 7721 3593 7719 3594 7705 3586 7703
3590 7693 3581 7690 3588 7683 3586 7678
3568 7692 3573 7717 3560 7715 3552 7702
3553 7717 3535 7726 3533 7742 3564 7771
3580 7747 3582 7735 3599 7740 3607 7733
$$
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, 11:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and 1 more | 20 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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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.