Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2021, 4:22 PM EDT for Wayne 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
- Jun 3, 2021, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2021, 7:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
County Wayne County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
079
WGUS52 KRAH 032022
FFWRAH
NCC191-032330-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0003.210603T2022Z-210603T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
422 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Wayne County in central North Carolina...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 422 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 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...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Walnut Creek, Seven Springs, Brogden,
Mar-Mac, Elroy, Cliffs Of The Neuse State Park and Grantham.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 7816 3543 7801 3556 7782 3543 7783
3538 7780 3534 7782 3518 7783 3516 7788
3515 7789 3517 7793 3517 7797 3519 7802
3518 7808 3519 7816 3520 7816 3523 7825
3529 7830 3531 7829 3534 7822 3535 7816
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
261 follow-up statement
072
WGUS72 KRAH 032303
FFSRAH
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
703 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
NCC191-032313-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210603T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne NC-
703 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WAYNE COUNTY...
Flood waters have begun to recede and the heavy rain has ended.
While flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat, there may be
lingering water on area roadways. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures and use caution while driving.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 600 AM EDT Friday for a
portion of central North Carolina.
LAT...LON 3537 7816 3543 7801 3556 7782 3543 7783
3538 7780 3534 7782 3518 7783 3516 7788
3515 7789 3517 7793 3517 7797 3519 7802
3518 7808 3519 7816 3520 7816 3523 7825
3529 7830 3531 7829 3534 7822 3535 7816
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 3:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Wayne, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 2:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 3:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 115 min |
| Jun 3, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Wake | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 112 min |
| Jun 3, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 4:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren | 95 min |
| Jun 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 105 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.