Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2016, 7:35 PM EDT for Cumberland 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
- Jun 3, 2016, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2016, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cumberland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
736
WGUS52 KRAH 032335
FFWRAH
NCC051-040230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0005.160603T2335Z-160604T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
735 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 733 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ASSOCIATED WITH NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HOPE MILLS AND CEDAR CREEK.
UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BY 830 PM
EDT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...HOPE MILLS...EASTOVER...STEDMAN...AND CEDAR CREEK.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 7893 3488 7892 3490 7894 3495 7904
3499 7905 3500 7900 3507 7887 3523 7891
3526 7880 3524 7862 3520 7863 3520 7864
3517 7863 3511 7865 3509 7867 3499 7864
3495 7861 3494 7857 3486 7850 3484 7890
$$
VINCENT2 follow-up statements
030
WGUS72 KRAH 040012
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
812 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
NCC051-040230-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160604T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUMBERLAND NC-
812 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 805 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LARGELY
DECREASED IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...EXCEPT FOR ONE
PERSISTENT STORM TRACKING SOUTHEAST THROUGH CEDAR CREEK TOWARD THE
SAMPSON COUNTY BORDER. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
OVER PORTIONS OF FAYETTEVILLE. ONE COCORAHS REPORT INDICATED ONE
INCH OF RAIN FELL IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. AS A RESULT...ANY
ONGOING FLOODING IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM EDT BEFORE FLOOD
WATERS BEGIN TO RECEDE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...AND CEDAR CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY ROADS
AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3495 7893 3497 7897 3500 7900 3506 7886
3512 7888 3512 7883 3511 7876 3511 7865
3509 7867 3499 7864 3495 7861 3494 7857
3489 7852 3487 7859 3488 7869 3492 7884
3494 7889
$$
VINCENT600
WGUS72 KRAH 040112
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
912 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
NCC051-040119-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160604T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUMBERLAND NC-
912 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY DID NOT
EXCEED ONE TO TWO INCHES OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY. AS A RESULT...FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...AND THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3495 7893 3497 7897 3500 7900 3506 7886
3512 7888 3512 7883 3511 7876 3511 7865
3509 7867 3499 7864 3495 7861 3494 7857
3489 7852 3487 7859 3488 7869 3492 7884
3494 7889
$$
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, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.