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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 5, 2009Alamance County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2009, 2:05 PM EDT for Alamance County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 5, 2009, 3:39 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2009, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 5, 2009, 3:39 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2009, 7:05 AM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Flood severity: Minor

County Alamance County, NC

The river

Written for the forecast point Haw River at Haw River (HAWN7). The gauge peaked at 19.16 ft at Jun 5, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02096500, 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 Jun 5, 11:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 11:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 11:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 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
Jun 5, 9:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson	4 hr
Jun 5, 10:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Forsyth	3 hr
Jun 5, 10:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Guilford	3 hr
Jun 5, 10:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Randolph	3 hr
Jun 5, 11:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson	115 min
Jun 5, 12:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Orange, Person	3 hr
Jun 5, 7:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham	17 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.