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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 11, 2009, 12:45 PM EST for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 12, 2009, 1:25 AM EST. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2009, 12:45 PM EST (17:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 12, 2009, 1:25 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2009, 2:54 PM EST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Johnston County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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 river
Written for the forecast point Neuse River at Smithfield (SMFN7).
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02087570, 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 Nov 11, 12:39 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 12:39 PM EST, 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 418 AM EST WED NOV 11 2009 NCZ007>011-024>028-041>043-077-078-088-089-120930- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH- EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 418 AM EST WED NOV 11 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. NCZ021>023-038>040-073>076-083>086-120930- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-STANLY- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- 418 AM EST WED NOV 11 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 11, 10:00 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 3:37 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 50 hr |
| Nov 11, 7:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:14 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange, Wake | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 9:11 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Randolph, Sampson | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 12:45 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 30 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every 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.