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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 5, 2010Anson County, Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 5, 2010, 12:02 PM EST for Anson County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 5, 2010, 6:37 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2010, 12:02 PM EST (17:02 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2010, 6:37 PM EST
Expired: Feb 6, 2010, 9:19 PM EST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Anson County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The river

Written for the forecast point Rocky River NC near Norwood (NRWN7). The gauge peaked at 27.29 ft at Feb 6, 2010, 3:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02126000, 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 Feb 5, 10:50 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 10:50 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 7:26 AM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 5, 6:39 AM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
639 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

NCZ007-023>025-039>041-051245-
PERSON-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...
DURHAM...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH
639 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 40 AND 85 CORRIDOR THROUGH DAYBREAK...

LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. A CHECK FROM AROUND THE
AREA BETWEEN 600 AND 630 AM THIS MORNING INDICATED THE
FOLLOWING...

...PERSON COUNTY... SNOW FALLING WITH ONE HALF TO ONE INCH REPORTED.
THE ROADS WERE BECOMING SLICK.

...ORANGE COUNTY... VERY LIGHT SNOW FALLING WITH NO ACCUMULATIONS
REPORTED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

...DURHAM COUNTY... LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET FALLING. A TRACE REPORTED.

...RANDOLPH COUNTY... MOSTLY LIGHT SLEET FALLING... WAS SNOW
EARLIER. A TRACE OF SNOW IN ASHEBORO.

...WAKE COUNTY... LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE AREA. RALEIGH HAD
A TRACE OF SLEET AND SNOW ON THE GROUND.

...HARNETT COUNTY... MOSTLY RAIN WAS FALLING WITH SOME LIGHT SLEET.

...JOHNSTON COUNTY... LIGHT SLEET WITH RAIN AT CLAYTON. TEMPS WERE
ABOVE FREEZING.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD MOST AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF US
HIGHWAY 64 THROUGH DAYBREAK. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED MAINLY FROM SILER CITY TO BURLINGTON TO HENDERSON.

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN
BETWEEN 700 AM AND 1000 AM... EXCEPT REMAINING FREEZING RAIN NORTH
AND WEST OF RALEIGH.

NCZ021-022-038-051245-
FORSYTH-GUILFORD-DAVIDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...
HIGH POINT...LEXINGTON
639 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 40 AND 85 CORRIDOR THROUGH MID MORNING...

LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS
THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION. A CHECK FROM AROUND THE AREA THIS
MORNING INDICATED THE FOLLOWING...

...FORSYTH COUNTY... LIGHT SNOW FALLING WITH AN INCH IN
WINSTON-SALEM. ROADS WERE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

...DAVIDSON COUNTY... LIGHT SNOW FALLING WITH AN INCH REPORTED
ACROSS THE NORTH HALF. ROADS WERE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. A
TRANSITION TO SLEET AND RAIN IN LEXINGTON.

...GUILFORD COUNTY... LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET FALLING. ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH REPORTED JUST WEST AND NORTH OF GREENSBORO. ONE HALF INCH OF
SNOW REPORTED IN GREENSBORO. INTERSTATE 40 AND OTHER ROADS WERE
SLICK.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD MOST AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF US
HIGHWAY 64 THROUGH DAYBREAK. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO LOCALLY 3
INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
BETWEEN 700 AM AND 1000 AM.

BADGETT/VINCENT

Special weather statement, Feb 5, 9:32 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 5, 11:16 AM EST, 46 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
Feb 5, 7:08 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford, Person	4 hr
Feb 5, 1:20 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly	6 hr
Feb 5, 2:38 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	4 hr
Feb 5, 2:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland	16 hr
Feb 5, 3:36 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	Forsyth, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Person, Vance and 1 more	23 hr
Feb 5, 4:56 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland and 1 more	4 hr
Feb 5, 5:25 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Wake	4 hr
Feb 5, 5:41 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Sampson, Wayne	4 hr
Feb 5, 6:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.