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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2025, 3:14 AM EDT for Edgecombe County, Nash County, Wilson 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
- Jun 16, 2025, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2025, 5:32 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
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 Jun 15, 8:58 PM EDT, 6 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 8:58 PM EDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 11:52 AM EDT, 15 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 1152 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-076>078-089-161600- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake- Johnston-Wilson-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Sampson- 1152 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Additionally, there is a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. A few strong to locally damaging wind gusts are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Heat indices may reach 100 to 105 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, which could be dangerous to those people sensitive to heat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. NCZ073>075-083>086-088-161600- Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland- 1152 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is a marginal risk (level 1 of 4) of flash flooding this afternoon and evening. The main hazard is expected to be mostly urban and small stream flooding in slow moving showers and thunderstorms. Additionally, there is a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. A few strong to locally damaging wind gusts are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Heat indices are expected to reach 100 to 105 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, which could be dangerous to those people sensitive to heat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
939 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM Flash Flood Smithfield 35.51N 78.34W
06/15/2025 Johnston NC 911 Call Center
High water on business 70 in Smithfield
under train tracks.
&&
npSpecial weather statement, Jun 15, 9:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
955 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025
NCZ041-042-160230-
Johnston NC-Wake NC-
955 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN WAKE AND
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...
At 954 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Fuquay-Varina, or near Cary, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Raleigh, Cary, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Apex, Holly Springs, Lake
Wheeler, and Lake Benson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 7887 3574 7890 3583 7856 3558 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 261DEG 25KT 3568 7882
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
LHSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 12:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1221 AM EDT Mon Jun 16 2025
NCZ007-008-024-025-041-160515-
Durham NC-Person NC-Wake NC-Orange NC-Granville NC-
1221 AM EDT Mon Jun 16 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL PERSON...
NORTHEASTERN ORANGE...SOUTHWESTERN GRANVILLE...NORTH CENTRAL WAKE AND
CENTRAL DURHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT...
At 1221 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rougemont, or 10 miles northeast of Hillsborough, moving southeast at
20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Durham, Creedmoor, Butner, Rougemont, Stem, Lake Michie, Falls Lake
State Rec Area, Eno River State Park, Gorman, and Bahama.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3617 7854 3593 7868 3612 7913 3630 7901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 294DEG 18KT 3619 7898
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
NTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Johnston | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 74 min |
| Jun 15, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 12:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wilson | 119 min |
| Jun 16, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 16 min |
| Jun 16, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 14 min |
| Jun 16, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore, Randolph | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Guilford | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 6:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 96 min |
| Jun 16, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 77 min |
| Jun 16, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 41 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.