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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 19, 2010Hoke County, Scotland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2010, 9:11 PM EDT for Hoke County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2010, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2010, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hoke County, NC, Scotland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 19, 8:11 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 8:11 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 8:37 PM EDT, 34 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
Aug 19, 8:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly	2 hr
Aug 19, 9:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake	111 min
Aug 19, 9:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Durham, Wake	116 min
Aug 19, 10:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Wake	2 hr
Aug 19, 10:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	2 hr
Aug 19, 11:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland	3 hr
Aug 20, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Johnston, Sampson	83 min
Aug 20, 12:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Montgomery	48 min
Aug 20, 12:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	2 hr
Aug 20, 12:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	64 min
Aug 20, 1:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	59 min
Aug 20, 2:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	94 min

Nearby

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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.