Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2016, 9:38 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 8, 2016, 9:38 PM EDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2016, 12:30 AM 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), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
461
WGUS52 KRAH 090138
FFWRAH
NCC167-090430-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0028.160809T0138Z-160809T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
938 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 934 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING AND TRAINING
THUNDERSTORMS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN THE
WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
TRAINING FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN
END OF THE COUNTY... TO THE WEST OF ASHEBORO.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OAKBORO...STANFIELD...PLYLER...LOCUST... AND FINGER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3515 8007 3514 8007 3517 8011
3519 8011 3519 8013 3517 8014 3517 8016
3516 8017 3515 8016 3516 8019 3517 8020
3516 8022 3521 8025 3517 8035 3518 8037
3517 8039 3517 8042 3516 8046 3518 8051
$$
BADGETT3 follow-up statements
417
WGUS72 KRAH 090206
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1006 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
NCC167-090430-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160809T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STANLY NC-
1006 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL STANLY COUNTY...
AT 1003 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN FROM AROUND OAKBORO TO PLYLER. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS
POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN WILL REACH THE ASHEBORO AREA BEFORE 1015 PM
WHERE FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALBEMARLE...PLYLER...LOCUST...NORWOOD...OAKBORO...
STANFIELD AND FINGER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING AT NIGHT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT. TURN
AROUND... DON'T DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3515 8007 3514 8007 3518 8011
3519 8011 3519 8013 3517 8014 3517 8016
3515 8016 3517 8020 3516 8022 3521 8025
3520 8028 3520 8030 3522 8042 3524 8046
$$
BADGETT234
WGUS72 KRAH 090329
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1129 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
NCC167-090430-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160809T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STANLY NC-
1129 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL STANLY COUNTY...
AT 1126 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE EXITED THE REGION THOUGH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES,
ESPECIALLY WEST OF ALBEMARLE. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN BETWEEN OAKBORO AND ALBEMARLE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALBEMARLE...PLYLER...LOCUST...NORWOOD...OAKBORO...
STANFIELD AND FINGER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3550 8030 3515 8007 3514 8007 3518 8011
3519 8011 3519 8013 3517 8014 3517 8016
3515 8016 3517 8020 3516 8022 3521 8025
3520 8028 3520 8030 3522 8042 3524 8046
$$
WSS482
WGUS72 KRAH 090434
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1234 AM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016
NCC167-090440-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160809T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STANLY NC-
1234 AM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL STANLY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN STANLY COUNTY JUST WEST OF ALBEMARLE,
BUT FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY LINGERING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3515 8007 3514 8007 3518 8011
3519 8011 3519 8013 3517 8014 3517 8016
3515 8016 3517 8020 3516 8022 3521 8025
3520 8028 3520 8030 3522 8042 3524 8046
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wilson | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Edgecombe, Lee, Nash, Wake | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.