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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 6, 2024Durham County, Wake County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2024, 6:40 PM EDT for Durham County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 6, 2024, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2024, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Durham County, NC, Wake County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2024-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 509 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2024-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
509 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville46 min
Jul 6, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson56 min
Jul 6, 12:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Randolph40 min
Jul 6, 3:32 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningRAHCumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke and 8 more16 hr
Jul 6, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Montgomery, Richmond57 min
Jul 6, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAnson64 min
Jul 6, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Richmond, Stanly37 min
Jul 6, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore47 min
Jul 6, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHStanly56 min
Jul 6, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Scotland40 min
Jul 6, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHMoore, Richmond, Scotland56 min
Jul 6, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Harnett46 min
Jul 6, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake62 min
Jul 6, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake44 min
Jul 6, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Wake49 min
Jul 6, 5:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHChatham, Wake2 hr
Jul 6, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett40 min
Jul 6, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Johnston, Wake45 min
Jul 6, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Franklin, Granville, Wake44 min
Jul 6, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston41 min
Jul 6, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Nash67 min
Jul 6, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson64 min

Nearby

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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.