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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 5, 2010Johnston County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 5, 2010, 9:28 PM EST for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 6, 2010, 7:15 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2010, 9:28 PM EST (02:28 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 6, 2010, 7:15 AM EST
Expired: Feb 7, 2010, 7:22 AM EST
In force: 24 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 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neuse River near Clayton (CLYN7). The gauge peaked at 11.65 ft at Feb 6, 2010, 5:00 PM EST.

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 Feb 5, 3:10 PM EST, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:10 PM EST, 6 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 3:59 PM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 5, 6:17 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 5, 6:36 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 5, 6:46 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 5, 6:58 PM EST, 2 hours 30 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, 7:40 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance and 2 more	4 hr
Feb 5, 9:07 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham	34 hr
Feb 5, 9:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Alamance	21 hr
Feb 5, 9:18 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	117 min
Feb 5, 9:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	3 days
Feb 5, 10:04 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 20 more	4 hr
Feb 5, 10:10 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 22 more	4 hr
Feb 6, 7:14 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson, Davie	24 hr
Feb 6, 8:58 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland	4 days
Feb 6, 10:39 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	71 hr
Feb 6, 10:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Wayne	8 days
Feb 6, 1:44 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	8 days
Feb 6, 5:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.