Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2016, 8:09 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Hoke County, Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 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
- Oct 10, 2016, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Moore County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
792
WGUS52 KRAH 110009
FFWRAH
NCC051-093-125-110600-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0065.161011T0009Z-161011T0600Z/
/00000.2.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
809 PM EDT MON OCT 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
A DAM FAILURE IN...
EAST CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 800 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS IN MOORE COUNTY REPORT THAT THE
WOODLAKE DAM ON LAKE SURF JUST SOUTHEAST OF VASS IS IN RISK OF
IMMINENT FAILURE. A FAILURE WOULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
DOWNSTREAM ON CRANE CREEK WITH FLOOD WATERS EVENTUALLY REACHING THE
LITTLE RIVER. AUTHORITIES ARE BEGINNING EVACUATIONS. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND NOW.
LOCATION PARTICUALRLY AT RISK INCLUDE AREAS NEAR ROUTE 690 OR
LOBELIA ROAD...CABINS CREEK ROAD AND MCPHERSON ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 7910 3521 7901 3515 7901 3517 7922
3522 7925 3524 7918 3521 7915
$$
BLAES2 follow-up statements
225
WGUS72 KRAH 110244
FFSRAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1044 PM EDT MON OCT 10 2016
NCC051-093-125-110600-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-161011T0600Z/
/00000.2.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOORE NC-HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-
1044 PM EDT MON OCT 10 2016
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL MOORE...NORTH CENTRAL HOKE AND
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 1038 PM EDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE THREAT
OF A DAM FAILURE AT THE WOODLAKE DAM ON LAKE SURF PERSISTS IN FAR
SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTY PERSISTS. WHILE EMERGENCY MEASURES ARE
UNDERWAY TO REDUCE THE RISK...THE THREAT OF A DAM FAILURE CONTINUES.
A FAILURE WOULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE SURF ON
CRANE CREEK WITH THE SURGE OF WATER EVENTUALLY REACHING THE LOWER
LITTLE RIVER. EVACUATIONS ARE STILL UNDER WAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
NOW.
LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY AT RISK INCLUDE AREAS NEAR ROUTE 690 OR
LOBELIA ROAD...MCGILL ROAD....ANTHONY LANE...CIRCLE DRIVE...CABINS
CREEK ROAD AND MCPHERSON ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 7910 3521 7901 3515 7901 3517 7922
3522 7925 3524 7918 3521 7915
$$
BLAES296
WGUS52 KRAH 110551
FFWRAH
NCC051-093-125-111200-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-161011T1200Z/
/00000.2.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
151 AM EDT TUE OCT 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
A DAM FAILURE IN...
EAST CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY
* AT 146 AM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS IN MOORE COUNTY REPORT THAT THE
WOODLAKE DAM ON LAKE SURF JUST SOUTHEAST OF VASS REMAINS AT RISK
OF IMMINENT FAILURE. A FAILURE WOULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
DOWNSTREAM ON CRANE CREEK WITH FLOOD WATERS EVENTUALLY REACHING
THE LITTLE RIVER. EVACUATIONS ARE ONGOING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
NOW.
LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY AT RISK INCLUDE AREAS NEAR ROUTE 690 OR
LOBELIA ROAD...CABINS CREEK ROAD AND MCPHERSON ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 7910 3521 7901 3515 7901 3517 7922
3522 7925 3524 7918 3521 7915
$$
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 10:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett and 8 more | 4 days |
| Oct 11, 8:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Moore | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.