Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2016, 7:14 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Hoke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- Jun 3, 2016, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Fayetteville, NC | CUMBERLAND 911 REPORTED STANDING WATER ON ROBESON STREET NEAR DOWNTOWN FAYETTEVILLE. ROAD STILL PASSABLE. |
| Jun 3, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Bonnie Doone, NC | CUMBERLAND 911 REPORTED STANDING WATER ON MORGANTON ROAD ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF FAYETTEVILLE. ROAD STILL PASSABLE. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
949
WGUS52 KRAH 032314
FFWRAH
NCC051-093-040215-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0004.160603T2314Z-160604T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
714 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
* A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT PORTIONS OF BRAG BOULEVARD
AND SKIBO ROAD WERE ALREADY COVERED WITH WATER AND NEARLY
IMPASSABLE AS OF 705 PM EDT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FORT BRAGG...POPE AFB...BONNIE DOONE...AND NW FAYETTEVILLE
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLOOD PRONE AREAS...RAY STREET AT CROSS
CREEK AND SPRUCE STREET AND STAMPER ROAD ALONG CREEK.
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 3499 7905 3505 7915 3510 7928 3515 7935
3521 7925 3519 7920 3519 7918 3517 7914
3518 7913 3517 7912 3517 7910 3519 7909
3522 7892 3523 7890 3506 7885 3499 7900
$$
VINCENT2 follow-up statements
902
WGUS72 KRAH 040003
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
803 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
NCC051-093-040215-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160604T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-
803 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HOKE AND WEST CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 800 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
WEAKENED AND BEGUN TO DISSIPATE OVER NORTHEASTERN HOKE AND
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A
HALF INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 900 PM EDT.
HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN IN NORTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY...AND A COCORAHS REPORT NEAR
FAYETTEVILLE INDICATED ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL IN JUST A 30 MINUTE
PERIOD. AS A RESULT...ANY ONGOING FLOODING IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE
THROUGH 9 PM EDT BEFORE FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO RECEDE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NORTHWEST
PORTIONS OF FAYETTEVILLE...FORT BRAGG...POPE AFB...SPRING LAKE AND
BONNIE DOONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY ROADS
AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 7908 3507 7914 3512 7922 3517 7931
3521 7925 3519 7920 3519 7918 3517 7914
3518 7913 3517 7912 3517 7910 3519 7909
3520 7904 3515 7893 3509 7886 3506 7885
3499 7901
$$
VINCENT465
WGUS72 KRAH 040137
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
937 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
NCC051-093-040140-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160604T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-
937 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOKE AND WEST CENTRAL
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
ALTHOUGH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN HOKE
COUNTY AND FAR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN 1 TO 2
HOURS...LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF FLASH
FLOODING. AS A RESULT...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3503 7908 3507 7914 3512 7922 3517 7931
3521 7925 3519 7920 3519 7918 3517 7914
3518 7913 3517 7912 3517 7910 3519 7909
3520 7904 3515 7893 3509 7886 3506 7885
3499 7901
$$
VINCENTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.