Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016

Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

October 8, 2016Duplin County, Lenoir County, North Carolina

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 8, 5:39 PM EDTFLASH FLOODKinston, NCALEXANDER ROUSE RD IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS ROAD.
Oct 8, 6:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOODFaison, NCNC 403 WASHED IN TWO EAST OF FAISON NEAR NORTH DUPLIN HIGH SCHOOL
Oct 8, 6:16 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 14Faison, NC24 HOUR AMOUNT SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Oct 8, 11:05 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ene Sandy Bottom, NCHWY 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 206 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

31
1 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

$$

31

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 11:12 PM EDTHurricane WarningMHX36 hr
Oct 8, 11:17 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXOnslow28 min
Oct 8, 11:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXCarteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and 1 more20 hr
Oct 8, 11:43 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret32 min
Oct 8, 1:50 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin12 min
Oct 8, 2:24 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret36 min
Oct 8, 3:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXJones9 days
Oct 8, 4:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXPitt10 days
Oct 8, 4:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXGreene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt14 hr
Oct 8, 5:14 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXCraven15 days
Oct 8, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXBeaufort, Pamlico14 hr
Oct 8, 6:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXMartin68 hr
Oct 8, 6:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXDare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington14 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.