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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 1, 2009Anson County, Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 1, 2009, 6:15 PM EST for Anson County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 1, 2009, 6:46 PM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2009, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 1, 2009, 6:46 PM EST
Expired: Mar 2, 2009, 11:39 AM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Anson County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rocky River NC near Norwood (NRWN7). The gauge peaked at 23.81 ft at Mar 2, 2009, 2:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02126000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Mar 1, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 5:57 PM EST, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 1, 1:22 PM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 10:17 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth and 14 more	33 hr
Mar 1, 4:25 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Nash and 2 more	26 hr
Mar 1, 6:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Stanly	4 hr
Mar 1, 6:42 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Hoke	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.