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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2025, 12:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- 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 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 13, 9:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 9:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 412 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-140815- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake- Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson- Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 412 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a marginal risk (level 1 out of 4) of excessive rainfall today into tonight. Locally heavy rainfall and isolated pockets of flooding are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Isolated areas of excessive rainfall will remain possible through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
729 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025
NCZ028-042-043-078-089-131230-
Edgecombe NC-Johnston NC-Sampson NC-Wayne NC-Wilson NC-
729 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN SAMPSON...
SOUTH CENTRAL EDGECOMBE...WILSON AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES
THROUGH 830 AM EDT...
At 728 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles south of Bailey to 9 miles southeast of
Smithfield to 12 miles north of Clinton. Movement was east 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...
Goldsboro, Wilson, Mount Olive, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Micro, Pine
Level, Kenly, Princeton, and Lucama.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 7782 3543 7783 3538 7780 3534 7782
3518 7784 3515 7789 3517 7793 3516 7797
3519 7802 3518 7807 3519 7816 3501 7816
3514 7844 3544 7829 3574 7817 3578 7805
3575 7754
TIME...MOT...LOC 1128Z 286DEG 19KT 3564 7813 3543 7823 3518 7838
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
KrenSpecial weather statement, Aug 13, 8:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
829 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025
NCZ074>077-083>086-088-131330-
Scotland NC-Anson NC-Richmond NC-Lee NC-Hoke NC-Harnett NC-
Montgomery NC-Moore NC-Cumberland NC-
829 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MOORE...NORTHEASTERN SCOTLAND...
NORTHEASTERN ANSON...SOUTHWESTERN HARNETT...SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY...RICHMOND...NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTHWESTERN LEE
AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM EDT...
At 829 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pinehurst to 8 miles northwest of Hoffman
to 10 miles northwest of Rockingham. Movement was east at 30 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...
Southern Pines, Rockingham, Wadesboro, Raeford, Carthage, Fort Bragg,
Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Biscoe, and Hoffman.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3526 8003 3536 7982 3540 7958 3541 7884
3508 7899 3493 7931 3497 8008 3508 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 262DEG 24KT 3521 7953 3512 7965 3504 7990
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
KrenSpecial weather statement, Aug 13, 10:05 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 8:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Harnett, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 8:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 10:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 61 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.