Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT for Hoke 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
- May 29, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hoke County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Raeford, NC | NC HIGHWAY 211 SOUTH OF TOWN IS FLOODED. |
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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
736
WGUS52 KRAH 292115
FFWRAH
NCC093-300015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0003.160529T2115Z-160530T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
515 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 513 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RAEFORD...ANTIOCH...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY AND BOWMORE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES 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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW
LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 7934 3494 7935 3497 7937 3501 7942
3518 7915 3517 7914 3518 7913 3517 7913
3517 7911 3515 7910 3513 7911 3509 7909
3504 7909 3499 7905 3496 7903 3483 7919
$$
KDS/CBL2 follow-up statements
900
WGUS72 KRAH 292205
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
605 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
NCC093-300015-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160530T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOKE NC-
605 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
HOKE COUNTY...
AT 603 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODED ROADS SOUTH
OF RAEFORD. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RAEFORD...ANTIOCH...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY AND BOWMORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY ROADS
AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING
FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 7934 3494 7935 3497 7937 3501 7942
3518 7915 3517 7914 3518 7913 3517 7913
3517 7911 3515 7910 3513 7911 3509 7909
3504 7909 3499 7905 3496 7903 3483 7919
$$
KDS/KRD326
WGUS72 KRAH 300015
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
815 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
NCC093-300025-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160530T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOKE NC-
815 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3484 7934 3494 7935 3497 7937 3501 7942
3518 7915 3517 7914 3518 7913 3517 7913
3517 7911 3515 7910 3513 7911 3509 7909
3504 7909 3499 7905 3496 7903 3483 7919
$$
KDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 5 hr |
| May 29, 1:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Lee, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 39 min |
| May 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 44 min |
| May 29, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 38 min |
| May 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Harnett | 3 hr |
| May 29, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
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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.