Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Feb 6, 2020, 4:34 PM EST (21:34 UTC)

Expired

Feb 6, 2020, 7:30 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Damage threat

Considerable

Flood severity

None

County Wake County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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725 
WGUS52 KRAH 062134
FFWRAH
NCC183-070030-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0002.200206T2134Z-200207T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
434 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Wake County in central North Carolina...

* Until 730 PM EST.

* At 434 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing 
           flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, 
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Zebulon, RDU
  International, Apex, Holly Springs and Morrisville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3599 7846 3594 7839 3593 7835 3591 7835
      3587 7828 3582 7826 3571 7847 3552 7871
      3561 7899 3587 7891 3587 7883 3592 7881
      3592 7876 3597 7871 3601 7870 3603 7872
      3603 7875 3607 7875 3608 7869

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

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936 
WGUS72 KRAH 062308
FFSRAH

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
608 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

NCC183-070030-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200207T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wake NC-
608 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR
WAKE COUNTY...

At 606 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated moderate to heavy rain across 
the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash 
flooding is ongoing, with road closures around the Raleigh.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing flash 
         flooding.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, 
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Zebulon, RDU
International, Apex, Holly Springs and Morrisville.

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 3599 7846 3594 7839 3593 7835 3591 7835
      3587 7828 3582 7826 3571 7847 3552 7871
      3561 7899 3587 7891 3587 7883 3592 7881
      3592 7876 3597 7871 3601 7870 3603 7872
      3603 7875 3607 7875 3608 7869

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

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Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2020Every flash flood warning in 2020

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.