Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2016, 9:48 PM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 16, 2016, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 10:01 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Cary, NC | PEOPLE BEING RESCUED FROM A FLOODED HOME ON EAST PARK STREET. |
| Jul 16, 10:07 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ssw Raleigh, NC | ROAD CLOSED AT AVENT FERRY ROAD AND TRAILWOOD DRIVE. |
| Jul 16, 10:12 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Cary, NC | WATER RESCUE OF ONE FEMALE AND THREE CHILDREN FROM A MINIVAN ON KING LAWRENCE ROAD BETWEEN BAKER ROAD AND MEDFIELD ROAD. |
| Jul 16, 10:12 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ene Cary, NC | WATER RESCUE OF ONE FEMALE AND THREE CHILDREN FROM A MINIVAN ON KING LAWRENCE ROAD BETWEEN BAKER ROAD AND MEDFIELD ROAD. |
| Jul 16, 10:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nw Raleigh, NC | MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES IN RALEIGH INCLUDING GLENWOOD FROM I-440 TO CREEDMOOR RD... CRABTREE VALLEY AVENUE AND BLUE RIDGE RD... AND MILLBROOK FROM SIX FORKS TO FALLS OF NEUSE. |
| Jul 16, 10:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Raleigh, NC | MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES IN RALEIGH INCLUDING GLENWOOD FROM I-440 TO CREEDMOOR RD... CRABTREE VALLEY AVENUE AND BLUE RIDGE RD... AND MILLBROOK FROM SIX FORKS TO FALLS OF NEUSE. |
| Jul 16, 10:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ese Cary, NC | WATER RESCUE AT I-440 WESTBOUND AND JONES FRANKLIN RD IN WEST RALEIGH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
459
WGUS52 KRAH 170148
FFWRAH
NCC183-170445-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0014.160717T0148Z-160717T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
948 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 946 PM EDT...THE TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN FROM CARY TO RALEIGH... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS
A VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION WITH WATER RESCUES ONGOING IN
WEST RALEIGH AND CARY. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE IN THE WARNING AREA.
ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS AND
UP TO 5 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CARY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...CARY...WAKE FOREST...RDU INTERNATIONAL...APEX...
MORRISVILLE...ROLESVILLE...FALLS LAKE STATE REC AREA...
PURNELL AND FALLS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU MUST DO SO TO ESCAPE THE FLOODING OR
ARE UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING
AREA...ALONG A CREEK OR STREAM...OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING
FLOODING...TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3599 7846 3582 7844 3566 7897 3587 7891
3587 7883 3592 7881 3592 7876 3597 7871
3601 7870 3603 7872 3603 7875 3607 7875
3608 7869
$$
PWBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Scotland | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 9:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin | 112 min |
| Jul 16, 9:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 10:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 10:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 76 min |
| Jul 16, 11:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Orange and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland | 81 min |
| Jul 17, 8:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 26 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 55 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.