Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2016, 2:48 PM EDT for Harnett County, Johnston County, Wayne 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, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Wayne County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1811 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
411
WGUS52 KRAH 071848
FFWRAH
NCC085-101-191-072145-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0023.160807T1848Z-160807T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
248 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 247 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3534 7782 3518 7783 3515 7790 3519 7802
3519 7816 3529 7830 3526 7848 3532 7854
3528 7859 3541 7908 3558 7891 3552 7871
3571 7847 3573 7840 3568 7816 3561 7813
3559 7808 3559 7782 3543 7783 3538 7780
$$
232 follow-up statements
426
WGUS72 KRAH 071953
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
353 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
NCC085-101-191-072145-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160807T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARNETT NC-WAYNE NC-JOHNSTON NC-
353 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL HARNETT...WAYNE AND SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES...
AT 352 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY
ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3534 7782 3518 7783 3515 7790 3519 7802
3519 7816 3529 7830 3526 7848 3532 7854
3528 7859 3537 7894 3544 7886 3546 7862
3548 7841 3555 7830 3561 7819 3561 7813
3559 7808 3559 7782 3543 7783 3538 7780
$$
23955
WGUS72 KRAH 072024
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
424 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
NCC085-101-191-072034-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160807T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARNETT NC-WAYNE NC-JOHNSTON NC-
424 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARNETT...WAYNE AND
SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3534 7782 3518 7783 3515 7790 3519 7802
3519 7816 3529 7830 3526 7848 3532 7854
3528 7859 3537 7894 3544 7886 3546 7862
3548 7841 3555 7830 3561 7819 3561 7813
3559 7808 3559 7782 3543 7783 3538 7780
$$
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, 1:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | 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, 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.