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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 9, 2023Wake County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2023, 1:27 PM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2023, 1:27 PM EDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2023, 5:10 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Wake County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2023-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 800 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2023-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 9, 12:45 PM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 12:45 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 5:17 AM EDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
517 AM EDT Sat Sep 9 2023

NCZ007>011-023>028-040>043-075>078-085-086-088-089-101000-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Alamance-Orange-Durham-
Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Moore-Lee-
Harnett-Wayne-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
517 AM EDT Sat Sep 9 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today, with a
primary threat of damaging wind gusts. The greatest severe weather
threat will be between 1 pm and 11 pm.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.

NCZ021-022-038-039-073-074-083-084-101000-
Forsyth-Guilford-Davidson-Randolph-Stanly-Montgomery-Anson-Richmond-
517 AM EDT Sat Sep 9 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today, with a
primary threat of damaging wind gusts. The greatest severe weather
threat will be between 1 pm and 11 pm.

In addition, some storms may produce very heavy downpours capable of
producing street flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 11:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 12:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 9, 12:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 9, 12:46 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRichmond, Scotland60 min
Sep 9, 8:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake57 min
Sep 9, 9:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Moore52 min
Sep 9, 9:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Franklin63 min
Sep 9, 9:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDurham, Wake3 hr
Sep 9, 10:01 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAHWake2 hr
Sep 9, 10:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Durham, Orange65 min
Sep 9, 10:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford, Randolph62 min
Sep 9, 11:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth27 min
Sep 9, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHForsyth, Guilford32 min
Sep 9, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett, Lee61 min
Sep 9, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin, Halifax, Warren62 min
Sep 9, 12:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCabarrus28 min
Sep 9, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake33 min
Sep 9, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax28 min
Sep 9, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax41 min
Sep 9, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe63 min
Sep 9, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson50 min
Sep 9, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke55 min
Sep 9, 5:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWayne64 min
Sep 9, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore54 min
Sep 9, 6:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHHoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland3 hr
Sep 9, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland47 min
Sep 9, 7:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHHoke, Richmond, Scotland2 hr
Sep 9, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRichmond, Scotland62 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2023Every flash flood warning in 2023

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.