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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Raleigh, NC

December 26, 2009Davidson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2009, 3:11 PM EST for Davidson County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 26, 2009, 3:51 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2009, 3:11 PM EST (20:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2009, 3:51 PM EST
Expired
Dec 26, 2009, 8:54 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Flood severity
Minor

County Davidson County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 Yadkin River at Yadkin College (YADN7).

Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02116500, 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 25, 10:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHChatham21 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.