Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2016, 6:55 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr. 9 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
- Oct 8, 2016, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2016, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 7:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ene Angier, NC | BLACK CREEK FLOWING OVER JACKSON KING ROAD. |
| Oct 8, 7:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nne Elroy, NC | HUNTERS CREEK SUBDIVISION NEAR CENTRAL HEIGHTS ROAD IN GOLDSBORO CUT OFF BY FLOOD WATERS. . |
| Oct 8, 7:45 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 8 | 5 Ssw Rolesville, NC | RAINFALL SINCE 10AM. |
| Oct 8, 7:46 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.35 | 4 Nne Wendell, NC | RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Oct 8, 7:53 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.66 | Holly Springs, NC | RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Oct 8, 9:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ese Raleigh, NC | WATER RESCUE IN PARKING LOT OF BUSINESS ON WAKE FOREST ROAD. |
| Oct 8, 10:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nne Wendell, NC | WATER RESCUE AT W. GANNON AVENUE AND WATER PLANT ROAD. |
| Oct 8, 11:35 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 15.6 | 4 Ene Goldsboro, NC | MEASURED 15.60 INCHES AT MILLS ROAD AT BURCH ROAD IN GOLDSBORO FROM 7AM-9PM. . |
| Oct 8, 11:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Garner, NC | WATER RESCUE AT OLD STAGE ROAD AND BANKS ROAD. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
954
WGUS52 KRAH 082255
FFWRAH
NCC063-065-101-127-183-191-195-090545-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0060.161008T2255Z-161009T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
655 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WAKE...DURHAM...JOHNSTON...
WAYNE...WILSON...NASH...EDGECOMBE...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT SUNDAY
* AT 649 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLASH
FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH MANY ROADS
CLOSED...WASHED OUT OR IMPASSABLE. NUMEROUS SWIFT WATER RESCUES
ARE UNDERWAY AND EVACUATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS. A TOTAL OF 6 TO 10
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT AND AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AND WORSEN. HOMES
ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE INUNDATED. CRABTREE CREEK IN
RALEIGH HAS ALREADY RISEN TO MAJOR FLOOD STAGE IN MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY! THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA
SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...DURHAM...CARY...ROCKY MOUNT...CHAPEL HILL...GOLDSBORO...
TARBORO...SMITHFIELD...NASHVILLE AND WILSON.
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 3580 7747 3557 7782 3518 7784 3519 7816
3529 7830 3526 7849 3550 7866 3561 7899
3585 7891 3586 7902 3624 7895 3623 7880
3607 7878 3598 7843 3582 7825 3618 7802
3614 7789 3615 7768 3600 7741 3582 7735
$$
BLAESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 10:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett | 4 days |
| Oct 7, 10:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 6 days |
| Oct 7, 10:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 3 days |
| Oct 7, 10:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 5 days |
| Oct 7, 10:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 11 days |
| Oct 7, 10:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 7 days |
| Oct 7, 10:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 12 days |
| Oct 8, 8:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:41 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland, Wayne | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:13 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 26 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Johnston, Wake, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 12:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 48 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Johnston, Wake, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren, Wilson | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 67 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin | 69 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance | 37 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 5 days |
| Oct 8, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.