Weather Alert in North Carolina
Flash Flood Warning issued August 14 at 11:09PM EDT until August 15 at 2:15AM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
AREAS AFFECTED: Wake, NC
DESCRIPTION: FFWRAH The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Wake County in central North Carolina... * Until 215 AM EDT. * At 1109 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Raleigh, Cary, Garner, RDU International, Apex, Morrisville, Knightdale, William B Umstead State Park and Carpenter. This includes the following streams and drainages... Walnut Creek, Big Branch, Beaver Creek, Southwest Prong Beaverdam Creek, Swift Creek, Crabtree Creek, Hare Snipe Creek, Reedy Creek, Harris Creek, Long Branch, Honeycutt Creek, Kit Creek, Lynn Branch, Perry Creek, Lower Barton Creek, Pigeon House Branch, Rocky Branch, Neuse River, Bachelor Branch, Brier Creek, Northeast Creek, Turkey Creek, Beaverdam Creek, Speight Branch, Marks Creek, Coles Branch, Jack Branch and Middle Creek.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
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A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud,
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Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can
result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or
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