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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Raleigh, NC

October 8, 20167 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2016, 7:49 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 6 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
Oct 8, 2016, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 9, 2016, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Chatham County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 8, 9:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOODDunn, NCDOT REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS STILL UNDER WATER AND CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY INCLUDING INTERSTATE 95 NEAR DUNN.

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

413 
WGUS52 KRAH 082349
FFWRAH
NCC037-085-105-123-125-153-165-090545-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0061.161008T2349Z-161009T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT

* AT 747 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED
  FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO MORE
  THAN 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE LAST 12 HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SANFORD...LAURINBURG...SOUTHERN PINES...ROCKINGHAM...PITTSBORO...
  LILLINGTON...TROY...CARTHAGE...SILER CITY AND BADIN LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 7968 3481 7992 3490 7985 3504 7988
      3514 8008 3514 8005 3537 8005 3550 8018
      3551 7956 3584 7954 3587 7891 3561 7899
      3552 7869 3533 7853 3525 7862 3516 7933
      3504 7946 3494 7935 3477 7933 3463 7947

$$

GIH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 10:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHHarnett4 days
Oct 7, 10:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHCumberland6 days
Oct 7, 10:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHJohnston3 days
Oct 7, 10:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHJohnston5 days
Oct 7, 10:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHWayne11 days
Oct 7, 10:18 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe7 days
Oct 7, 10:18 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe12 days
Oct 8, 8:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHAnson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland6 hr
Oct 8, 8:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 2 more6 hr
Oct 8, 8:41 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningRAHCumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland, Wayne18 hr
Oct 8, 9:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHAnson, Stanly26 hr
Oct 8, 10:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHDurham, Johnston, Wake, Wayne6 hr
Oct 8, 11:32 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyRAHCumberland, Hoke, Sampson6 hr
Oct 8, 12:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHChatham48 hr
Oct 8, 1:09 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyRAHDurham, Johnston, Wake, Wayne6 hr
Oct 8, 1:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Chatham, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange and 2 more8 hr
Oct 8, 1:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHAnson, Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 3 more6 hr
Oct 8, 2:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren, Wilson8 hr
Oct 8, 2:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHChatham, Lee67 hr
Oct 8, 2:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHAlamance, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance8 hr
Oct 8, 2:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHFranklin69 hr
Oct 8, 3:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHAlamance37 hr
Oct 8, 3:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph8 hr
Oct 8, 3:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax, Nash5 days
Oct 8, 5:29 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyRAHCumberland, Hoke, Sampson8 hr
Oct 8, 6:55 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyRAHDurham, Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne and 1 more7 hr

Nearby

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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.