Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2021, 1:02 AM EDT for Greene County, Lenoir County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 118 min. 2 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
- Jul 27, 2021, 1:02 AM EDT (05:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Castoria, NC | VANDIFORD THOMAS RD CLOSED NEAR TAYLOR RD DUE TO FLOODING. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jul 27, 1:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Castoria, NC | MT. HERMAN CHURCH RD CLOSED NEAR NC-91 DUE TO FLOODING. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1632 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
088
WGUS52 KMHX 270502
FFWMHX
NCC079-107-147-270700-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FF.W.0002.210727T0502Z-210727T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
102 AM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
Northern Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
Southwestern Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 300 AM EDT.
* At 102 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Grifton, Snow Hill, Maury, Ormondsville, Roundtree, Lizzie,
Hookerton, Castoria, Fort Run VFD and Bull Head VFD.
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 3559 7780 3555 7761 3553 7751 3547 7743
3542 7738 3537 7742 3538 7745 3545 7769
3548 7783 3550 7782 3557 7782
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
5The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 9:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort | 115 min |
| Jul 26, 11:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Craven, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 113 min |
| Jul 27, 3:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin | 2 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.