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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Raleigh, NC

December 25, 2009Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2009, 10:37 PM EST for Chatham County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 26, 2009, 3:34 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2009, 10:37 PM EST (03:37 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2009, 3:34 AM EST
Expired
Dec 26, 2009, 7:40 PM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Flood severity
Minor

County Chatham County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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 Haw River near Bynum (BYNN7). The gauge peaked at 12.42 ft at Dec 26, 2009, 9:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02096960, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 9:23 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHAlamance13 hr
Dec 26, 3:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHDavidson6 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.