Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 29, 2016, 1:21 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 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
- Sep 29, 2016, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Unknown
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
976 WGUS52 KRAH 291721 FFWRAH NCC051-163-292315- /O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0048.160929T1721Z-160929T2315Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 121 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... A DAM FAILURE IN... NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT THURSDAY * AT 115 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE DAM ON RHODES LAKE NEAR GODWIN IS BEING OVERTOPPED AND MAY BE COMPROMISED. A FAILURE OF THIS DAM IS POSSIBLE AND WOULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE BLACK RIVER. THE DAM IS LOCATED ALONG U.S. ROUTE 301 NEAR BAGGETT ROAD AND IF THE DAM FAILED WATER WOULD SURGE SOUTHEAST ACROSS U.S. ROUTE 301 AND POSSIBLY ACROSS INTERSTATE 95 AND THEN DOWNSTREAM ON THE BLACK RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3524 7861 3511 7861 3511 7867 3524 7867 $$ BLAES
1 follow-up statement
049 WGUS72 KRAH 291931 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 331 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 NCC051-163-292315- /O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160929T2315Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC- 331 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE DAM ON RHODES LAKE NEAR GODWIN IS BEING OVERTOPPED AND COULD BECOME COMPROMISED. A FAILURE OF THIS DAM IS POSSIBLE AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE BLACK RIVER. THE DAM IS LOCATED ALONG U.S. ROUTE 301 NEAR BAGGETT ROAD AND IF THE DAM FAILED...WATER WOULD SURGE SOUTHEAST ACROSS U.S. ROUTE 301 AND POSSIBLY ACROSS INTERSTATE 95. INTERESTS NEAR THE CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTY LINE FROM RHODES DAM SOUTH TO NEAR FALCON SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A FAILURE OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3524 7861 3511 7861 3511 7867 3524 7867 $$ BLAES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 58 min |
| Sep 28, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 65 min |
| Sep 28, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Randolph | 59 min |
| Sep 28, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 60 min |
| Sep 28, 10:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore | 48 min |
| Sep 28, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 12:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:01 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 4 days |
| Sep 29, 1:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 4 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 5 hr |
| Sep 29, 7:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Sampson | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 8:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 21 hr |
| Sep 29, 8:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 8:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 30 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 30 hr |
| Sep 29, 12:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 57 min |
| Sep 29, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.