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River Flood Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 29, 2010Johnston County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 29, 2010, 10:26 AM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 29, 2010, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2010, 10:26 AM EDT (14:26 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2010, 3:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 30, 2010, 11:21 PM EDT
In force: 32 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 14:27 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 at Smithfield (SMFN7). The gauge peaked at 16.86 ft at Mar 30, 2010, 5:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02087570, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

491 
WGUS42 KRAH 291426
FLWRAH


BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1026 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... 

  NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD AFFECTING JOHNSTON COUNTY
 ...RAINFALL RANGING FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT WILL CAUSE MINOR
    FLOODING ON THE NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD THIS AFTERNOON AND
    TONIGHT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT 
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.


&&

NCC101-300226-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FL.W.0021.100329T1900Z-100330T2248Z/
/SMFN7.1.ER.100329T1900Z.100330T0000Z.100330T1048Z.NO/
1026 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO  
  RISE TO NEAR 15.5 FEET THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...WATER COVERS THE DIRT ROAD NEXT TO THE WATER
  TREATMENT PLANT.

&&
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...


                 FLD  OBSERVED                FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION         STG  STG  DAY TIME    TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT

NEUSE RIVER
 SMITHFIELD       15  13.1 MON 09 AM  14.9  11.9   8.1   6.8   6.1


TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD
THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE:

        SMITHFIELD:      99.26

$$

3 follow-up statements

471 
WGUS82 KRAH 300247
FLSRAH


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1047 PM EDT MON MAR 29 2010



...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH 
CAROLINA...
 
  NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD AFFECTING JOHNSTON COUNTY 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT 
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.


&&

NCC101-301447-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100331T1400Z/
/SMFN7.1.ER.100329T1622Z.100330T0600Z.100331T0200Z.NO/
1047 PM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD.
* AT 10:30 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.8 FEET BY 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  TOMORROW LATE EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 17.0 FEET...SMITHFIELD TOWN PARK, NEAR THE HIGHWAY 70 
  BRIDGE, FLOODS.

&&
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...


                 FLD  OBSERVED                FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION         STG  STG  DAY TIME    TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT

NEUSE RIVER
 SMITHFIELD       15  16.6 MON 10 PM  13.5  10.4   8.3   7.5      


TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD
THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE:

        SMITHFIELD:      99.26




$$
PAGANO

989 
WGUS82 KRAH 301543
FLSRAH

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1143 AM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH 
CAROLINA...
 
  NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD AFFECTING JOHNSTON COUNTY 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT 
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

NCC101-310343-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100331T0900Z/
/SMFN7.1.ER.100329T1622Z.100330T0900Z.100330T2100Z.NO/
1143 AM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD.
* AT 11:30 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL    TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...WATER COVERS THE DIRT ROAD NEXT TO THE WATER
  TREATMENT PLANT.

&&
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...


                 FLD  OBSERVED                FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION         STG  STG  DAY TIME    WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN

NEUSE RIVER
 SMITHFIELD       15  16.4 TUE 11 AM  11.3   6.8   6.4   7.4   8.2


TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD
THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE:
        SMITHFIELD:      99.26

$$

906 
WGUS82 KRAH 310321
FLSRAH


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1121 PM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010



...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH 
CAROLINA...
 
  NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD AFFECTING JOHNSTON COUNTY

 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT 
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.


&&

NCC101-310351-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100331T0900Z/
/SMFN7.1.ER.100329T1622Z.100330T0900Z.100331T0130Z.NO/
1121 PM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD.
* AT 10:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  9:30 PM TUESDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 8.0 FEET BY THURSDAY 
  MORNING.

&&
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...


                 FLD  OBSERVED                FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION         STG  STG  DAY TIME    WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN

NEUSE RIVER
 SMITHFIELD       15  14.9 TUE 10 PM   12.9  8.0   6.9   7.6   8.2


TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD
THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE:

        SMITHFIELD:      99.26

$$

PWB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 8:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	48 min
Mar 28, 8:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	4 hr
Mar 28, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	29 min
Mar 28, 8:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Person	23 min
Mar 28, 8:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Guilford	37 min
Mar 28, 9:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	44 min
Mar 28, 9:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Guilford	3 hr
Mar 28, 9:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Person	36 min
Mar 28, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	54 min
Mar 28, 10:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	34 min
Mar 28, 11:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person	54 min
Mar 28, 11:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person	49 min
Mar 28, 11:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Person	34 min
Mar 28, 11:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Alamance	35 hr
Mar 28, 11:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham	35 hr
Mar 29, 12:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Guilford	3 hr
Mar 29, 12:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Granville, Orange	4 hr
Mar 29, 3:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Wake	3 hr
Mar 29, 6:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	3 hr
Mar 29, 8:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wilson	3 hr
Mar 29, 10:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	24 hr
Mar 29, 11:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash	2 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.