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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 29, 2016, 7:18 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 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 23:20 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, 11.3 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.
193 WGUS52 KRAH 292318 FFWRAH NCC051-163-302315- /O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0049.160929T2318Z-160930T2315Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 718 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 FRIDAY * AT 715 PM EDT...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 $$
2 follow-up statements
890 WGUS72 KRAH 301542 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1142 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 NCC051-163-302315- /O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160930T2315Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC- 1142 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES... DAM SAFETY ENGINEERS REPORT THAT THE WATER LEVEL ON RHODES LAKE HAS FALLEN ABOUT ONE HALF A FOOT OVERNIGHT AND THE THREAT OF DAM FAILURE HAS DIMINISHED. THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... HOWEVER...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN. THE DAM IS LOCATED ALONG U.S. ROUTE 301 NEAR BAGGETT ROAD AND IF THE DAM FAILED WATER WOULD SURGE SOUTHEAST ACROSS U.S. ROUTE 301 AND POSSIBLY ACROSS INTERSTATE 95 AND THEN DOWNSTREAM ON THE BLACK RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3524 7861 3511 7861 3511 7867 3524 7867 $$ 13
563 WGUS72 KRAH 302320 FFSRAH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 720 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 NCC051-163-302329- /O.EXP.KRAH.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160930T2315Z/ /00000.0.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC- 720 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE EXPIRED AT 715 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES... THE THREAT OF DAM FAILURE HAS DIMINISHED AT RHODES LAKE...AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AREA THOUGH. LAT...LON 3524 7861 3511 7861 3511 7867 3524 7867 $$ 77
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, 1:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 6 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 |
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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.