Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2016, 9:25 PM EDT for Davidson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 5 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 31, 2016, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Davidson County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 9:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nne Gordontown, NC | WATER RESCUE AT THE 1100 BLOCK OF LEE RD... SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE. HIGH WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ON LIGHT RD AND ON LEE RD NEAR HWY 109. |
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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
460 WGUS52 KRAH 010125 FFWRAH NCC057-010315- /O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0019.160801T0125Z-160801T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 925 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 1115 PM EDT * AT 919 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...GORDONTOWN AND HIGH ROCK LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLOOD PRONE AREAS...HAMBY CREEK AT TURNER ROAD...HAMBY CREEK AT REMER-REGAN ROAD...AND DAMS ON CEDAR DR AND MAY ROAD ALONG CEDAR LODGE ROAD. 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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3588 8023 3590 8005 3568 8006 3567 8024 $$ 10
4 follow-up statements
111 WGUS72 KRAH 010240 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1040 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016 NCC057-010315- /O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160801T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAVIDSON NC- 1040 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY... AT 1037 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LEE RD NEAR HIGHWAY 109 AND LIGHT RD NEAR DENTON RD BOTH EXPERIENCED HIGH WATER DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE THESE AREAS TO BECOME DANGEROUS ONCE AGAIN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...GORDONTOWN AND HIGH ROCK LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3588 8023 3590 8005 3568 8006 3567 8024 $$ 10
489 WGUS52 KRAH 010312 FFWRAH NCC057-010615- /O.EXT.KRAH.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160801T0615Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1112 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 215 AM EDT * AT 1109 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING ON LIGHT ROAD NEAR DENTON ROAD...LEE ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 109...AND LEE ROAD NEAR KENNEDY ROAD. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...GORDONTOWN AND HIGH ROCK LAKE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE IN. 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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3588 8023 3590 8005 3568 8006 3567 8024 $$ 10
436 WGUS72 KRAH 010506 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 106 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2016 NCC057-010615- /O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160801T0615Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAVIDSON NC- 106 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY... AT 102 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING ON LIGHT ROAD NEAR DENTON ROAD...LEE ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 109...AND LEE ROAD NEAR KENNEDY ROAD. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LAST EVENING. WHILE RAIN RATES HAVE DECREASED OVER THE PAST HOUR, ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...GORDONTOWN AND HIGH ROCK LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3588 8023 3590 8005 3568 8006 3567 8024 $$ 22
466 WGUS72 KRAH 010613 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 213 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2016 NCC057-010619- /O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160801T0615Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAVIDSON NC- 213 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 AM EDT... LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DAVIDSON COUNTY REPORTS THAT FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED IN THE THOMASVILLE AREA...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER..ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH RAIN RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR IS MOVING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY AND MAY CAUSE SOME SWOLLEN CREEKS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AGAIN. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3588 8023 3590 8005 3568 8006 3567 8024 $$ 22
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 8:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 96 min |
| Jul 31, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 8:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 74 min |
| Jul 31, 9:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 12:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 65 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.