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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 19, 2016Edgecombe County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2016, 6:18 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 19, 2016, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Edgecombe County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 19, 6:55 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Wsw Kingsboro, NC	FLOODING ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY RESULTED IN SEVERAL ROADS BEING CLOSED, INCLUDING ANTIOCH ROAD, NOBLE'S MILL POND ROAD AND MEADOWBROOK ROAD.

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1477 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

738 
WGUS52 KRAH 192218
FFWRAH
NCC065-200115-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0016.160719T2218Z-160720T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
618 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
  
* AT 616 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ROCKY MOUNT...TARBORO...PRINCEVILLE...SHARPSBURG...LEGGETT AND
  KINGSBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY
ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA MAY QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. IF YOU ARE
EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3580 7748 3587 7783 3600 7777 3599 7747

$$

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2 follow-up statements

213 
WGUS72 KRAH 192256
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
656 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

NCC065-200115-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160720T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDGECOMBE NC-
656 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL EDGECOMBE COUNTY...

AT 653 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED
WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT...TARBORO...PRINCEVILLE...SHARPSBURG...
LEGGETT AND KINGSBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY
ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. HEED ROAD
CLOSURES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3580 7748 3587 7783 3600 7777 3599 7747

$$

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756 
WGUS72 KRAH 200108
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
908 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

NCC065-200118-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160720T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDGECOMBE NC-
908 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL EDGECOMBE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 915 PM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3580 7748 3587 7783 3600 7777 3599 7747

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson, Scotland	57 min
Jul 19, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	62 min
Jul 19, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	51 min
Jul 19, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	42 min
Jul 19, 6:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe	117 min
Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	65 min
Jul 19, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	48 min
Jul 19, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	46 min
Jul 19, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	33 min
Jul 19, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	67 min
Jul 19, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth	47 min
Jul 19, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax	66 min
Jul 19, 7:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland	2 hr
Jul 19, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	56 min
Jul 19, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	38 min

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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.