Weather Alert in North Carolina
Flash Flood Warning issued March 16 at 4:06PM EDT until March 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
AREAS AFFECTED: Camden, NC; Currituck, NC; Pasquotank, NC; City of Virginia Beach, VA
DESCRIPTION: FFWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Camden County in northeastern North Carolina... Northwestern Currituck County in northeastern North Carolina... Southeastern Pasquotank County in northeastern North Carolina... The Southeastern City of Virginia Beach in southeastern Virginia... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 406 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. 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... Virginia Beach, Currituck, Camden, Weeksville, Moyock, Knotts Island, Indiantown, Shiloh, Whitehall Shores, Sligo, Maple, Snowden, Shawboro, Munden, Gregory, Belcross, Riddle, Bartlett, Spences Corner and Taylors Beach.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report flooding by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?
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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an
aircraft.
Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended
in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails
are called exhaust contrails.
Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure
moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation.
These are called aerodynamic contrails.
When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation.
The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is
because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.
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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?
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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and
may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud
is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.
Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall,
becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds.
When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.
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