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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 16, 2009Johnston County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2009, 12:20 PM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 16, 2009, 3:10 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2009, 12:20 PM EDT (16:20 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 16, 2009, 3:10 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2009, 2:08 PM EDT
In force: 23 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 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 near Clayton (CLYN7).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02087500, 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 16, 11:52 AM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 11:52 AM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:43 AM EDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
443 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

NCZ007>009-021>027-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-170845-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-
FRANKLIN-NASH-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-
MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-
CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
443 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND OTHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED
FLOODING OR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO LOCAL OFFICIALS
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NCZ010-011-028-170845-
WARREN-HALIFAX-EDGECOMBE-
443 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS TODAY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. AMOUNTS UP TO AN
INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE... WHICH COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS... ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS...
UNDERPASSES... AND IN CITIES AND TOWNS. OTHERWISE... HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND OTHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED
STREET FLOODING OR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO LOCAL
OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GIH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:37 AM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
637 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0634 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SSW RALEIGH           35.79N 78.65W
06/16/2009                   WAKE               NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 3 FEET OF WATER OVER THE
            INTERSECTION OF ST. MARYS STREET AND PEACE STREET IN
            RALEIGH.

&&

BSD

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
739 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 ENE BAILEY            35.79N 78.08W
06/16/2009                   NASH               NC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            PUBLIC REPORTS AND DOT REPORTS OF FLOODING NEAR WEST
            HORNE CHURCH ROAD AND CHRISTIAN ROAD.

&&

DJF

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
821 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SW RALEIGH            35.77N 78.69W
06/16/2009                   WAKE               NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SECTION OF AVENT FERRY ROAD BETWEEN GORMAN STREET AND
            VARSITY DRIVE CLOSED BY 1-2 FEET OF WATER.

&&

VINCENT

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
837 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0833 AM     FLASH FLOOD      6 S RALEIGH             35.73N 78.63W
06/16/2009                   WAKE               NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED 6 INCHES OF MOVING WATER OVER THE ROAD
            ON OLD GARNER ROAD SOUTH OF TRYON ROAD.

&&

ELLIS

Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:22 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
922 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WILSON                  35.73N 77.92W
06/16/2009                   WILSON             NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING IN LOWLYING AREAS OF TOWN...2 RAILROAD
            UNDERPASSES ON US301...GLENDALE DRIVE AND FOREST HILLS
            ROAD. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 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 16, 4:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 22 more	9 hr
Jun 16, 6:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Durham, Wake	3 hr
Jun 16, 6:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wilson	3 hr
Jun 16, 7:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Jun 16, 8:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Jun 16, 9:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wilson	111 min
Jun 16, 12:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	52 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.