Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Oct 8, 2016, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)

Expired

Oct 8, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Emergency

Flash flood emergency

Flood severity

None

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Sampson County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

322 
WGUS52 KRAH 081532
FFWRAH
NCC051-093-163-082130-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0053.161008T1532Z-161008T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1132 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HOKE...CUMBERLAND...AND SAMPSON
COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT SATURDAY

* AT 1120 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 5 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THIS MORNING AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HOKE...CUMBERLAND...AND
  SAMPSON COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
  HIGHER GROUND NOW! 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON...RAEFORD...FORT BRAGG...HARRELLS...
  GODWIN...POPE AFB...JEROME...ANTIOCH AND HOPE MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU MUST DO SO TO ESCAPE THE FLOODING OR
ARE UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING
AREA...ALONG A CREEK OR STREAM...OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING
FLOODING...TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3485 7850 3483 7890 3490 7894 3495 7904
      3483 7919 3484 7935 3494 7935 3504 7946
      3521 7925 3517 7912 3526 7880 3525 7862
      3532 7854 3526 7848 3529 7830 3520 7816
      3490 7815 3474 7820 3471 7811 3455 7825

$$
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635 
WGUS72 KRAH 081627
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1227 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

NCC051-093-163-082130-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-161008T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
1227 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES...

AT 1222 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREAS.  DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING AND WATER RESCUES ARE UNDERWAY. IN ADDITION...THE
RHODES LAKE DAM NEAR GODWIN IN EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAS FAILED
AND US301 IS FLOODED AND INTERSTATE 95 MAY BE FLOODED AS WELL. EIGHT
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN FAYETTEVILLE AND AN ADDITIONAL 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE... CLINTON... RAEFORD...FORT BRAGG...HARRELLS...
GODWIN...POPE AFB...JEROME...ANTIOCH AND HOPE MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU MUST DO SO TO ESCAPE THE FLOODING OR
ARE UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING
AREA...ALONG A CREEK OR STREAM...OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING
FLOODING...TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

PEOPLE LIVING DOWNSTREAM FROM THE RHODES LAKE DAM SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND NOW AS FLOODING WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3485 7850 3483 7890 3490 7894 3495 7904
      3483 7919 3484 7935 3494 7935 3504 7946
      3521 7925 3517 7912 3526 7880 3525 7862
      3532 7854 3526 7848 3529 7830 3520 7816
      3490 7815 3474 7820 3471 7811 3455 7825

$$

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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.