Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2016, 5:22 PM EDT for Duplin County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 8, 2016, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Duplin County, NC, Lenoir County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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, 6:15 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. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.
172
WGUS52 KMHX 082122
FFWMHX
NCC061-107-090315-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FF.W.0009.161008T2122Z-161009T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
522 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR DUPLIN AND LENOIR COUNTIES...
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...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT SATURDAY
* AT 511 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
DUPLIN AND LENOIR COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE AREA OF NORTHERN DUPLIN
COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF LENOIR COUNTY. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINSTON...WALLACE...WARSAW...LA GRANGE...MOUNT OLIVE...ROSE HILL...
BEULAVILLE...KENANSVILLE...HARRELLS...KINSTON REGIONAL JETPORT...
FAISON...MAGNOLIA...GREENEVERS...PINK HILL...CALYPSO AND TEACHEY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. WATER RESCUES ARE UNDER WAY IN BOTH COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3519 7816 3518 7808 3519 7802
3515 7789 3518 7783 3537 7780 3538 7773
3535 7768 3536 7763 3533 7743 3524 7746
3524 7752 3516 7751 3507 7760 3501 7773
3492 7765 3472 7769 3472 7815 3473 7819
$$
311 follow-up statement
920
WGUS72 KMHX 082303
FFSMHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
703 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
NCC061-107-090315-
/O.CON.KMHX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161009T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUPLIN NC-LENOIR NC-
703 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR DUPLIN AND LENOIR COUNTIES...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
DUPLIN AND LENOIR COUNTIES...
AT 653 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
THE COUNTIES OF DUPLIN AND LENOIR. WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN OCCURRING
ACROSS BOTH COUNTIES. RADAR HAVE ESTIMATED ABOUT 10 TO 15 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR DUPLIN AND LENOIR COUNTIES. THIS
IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINSTON...WALLACE...WARSAW...LA GRANGE...MOUNT OLIVE...ROSE HILL...
BEULAVILLE...KENANSVILLE...HARRELLS...KINSTON REGIONAL JETPORT...
FAISON...MAGNOLIA...GREENEVERS...PINK HILL...CALYPSO AND TEACHEY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3519 7816 3518 7808 3519 7802
3515 7789 3518 7783 3537 7780 3538 7773
3535 7768 3536 7763 3533 7743 3524 7746
3524 7752 3516 7751 3507 7760 3501 7773
3492 7765 3472 7769 3472 7815 3473 7819
$$
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, 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, 5:26 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
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.