Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2016, 6:49 PM EDT for Caswell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 16, 2016, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Caswell County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
973
WGUS51 KRNK 162249
FFWRNK
NCC033-170145-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0028.160716T2249Z-160717T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
649 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 644 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTENT AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR
JUST SOUTH OF YANCEYVILLE WITH 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE
PAST HOUR BETWEEN LEASBURG AND HIGHTOWERS. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
YANCEYVILLE...
CAMP SPRINGS...
TOPNOT...
HIGHTOWERS...
AND LEASBURG.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3625 7953 3638 7952 3645 7928 3645 7914
3624 7916
$$
RAB2 follow-up statements
379
WGUS71 KRNK 170046
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
846 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016
NCC033-170145-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160717T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CASWELL NC-
846 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
CASWELL COUNTY...
AT 842 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4
INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN
LEASBURG... TOPNOT...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF CAMP SPRINGS. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. WHILE THE RAINFALL IN THIS
AREA HAS ENDED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INTO CREEKS...STREAMS...AND OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE LONGER. FLASH FLOODING
REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CAMP SPRINGS...
PROSPECT HILL...
JERICHO...
TOPNOT...
AND LEASBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3625 7953 3638 7952 3645 7928 3645 7914
3624 7916
$$
RAB306
WGUS71 KRNK 170125
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
925 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016
NCC033-170135-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160717T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CASWELL NC-
925 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CASWELL COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT IN THIS AREA.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3625 7953 3638 7952 3645 7928 3645 7914
3624 7916
$$
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 55 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.