Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2016, 1:08 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2016, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 405 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
120
WGUS52 KRAH 071708
FFWRAH
NCC167-072000-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0021.160807T1708Z-160807T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
108 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 103 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 24
FROM LOCUST EAST TO RED CROSS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALBEMARLE...PLYLER...LOCUST...NORWOOD...BADIN...OAKBORO...
STANFIELD...MORROW MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...LAKE TILLERY AND FINGER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLOOD PRONE AREAS...TOWN CREEK AT HIGHWAY
52 AND SNUGGS PARK ROAD...BIG BEAR CREEK AT BOOGER HOLLAR ROAD...
QUEMBY MALL AND DELCO PLAZA...BIG BEAR CREEK AT BRIDGEPORT ROAD...
MEMORY CREEK AT MAIN STREET...HARDY CREEK AT MT ZION CHURCH ROAD AND
ROCKY RIVER AT HIGHWAY 52.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 8038 3539 8007 3537 8005 3526 8010
3518 8005 3515 8007 3519 8011 3517 8014
3517 8016 3516 8017 3515 8016 3515 8018
3517 8020 3516 8022 3521 8025 3520 8030
3517 8035 3518 8037 3516 8044 3519 8050
$$
VINCENT1 follow-up statement
068
WGUS72 KRAH 071942
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
342 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
NCC167-071952-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160807T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STANLY NC-
342 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STANLY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3538 8038 3539 8007 3537 8005 3526 8010
3518 8005 3515 8007 3519 8011 3517 8014
3517 8016 3516 8017 3515 8016 3515 8018
3517 8020 3516 8022 3521 8025 3520 8030
3517 8035 3518 8037 3516 8044 3519 8050
$$
23The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Person | 75 min |
| Aug 7, 1:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 2:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 12:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Moore | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 115 min |
| Aug 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 79 min |
| Aug 7, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.