Alert archive / North Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2012
River Flood Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Aug 25, 2012, 9:36 AM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2012, 9:36 AM EDT (13:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2012, 2:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Halifax County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids (RRDN7).
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02080500, 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.
110
WGUS42 KRAH 251336
FLWRAH
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
936 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
LOWER ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE RAPIDS AFFECTING HALIFAX COUNTY
AS MUCH AS 11 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ROANOKE RAPIDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
NCC083-260136-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FL.W.0002.120825T1336Z-120826T0827Z/
/RRDN7.1.ER.120825T1248Z.120825T1800Z.120825T2027Z.NO/
936 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE LOWER ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE RAPIDS.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:45 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 10.8 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...FARMLANDS AND TIMBERLANDS NEAR THE RIVER
FLOOD
&&
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 SUN MON TUE WED THU
ROANOKE RIVER
ROANOKE RAPIDS 9 9.0 SAT 09 AM 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4
TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD
THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE:
ROANOKE RAPIDS: 43.84
$$2 follow-up statements
185
WGUS82 KRAH 251630
FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1230 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
LOWER ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE RAPIDS AFFECTING HALIFAX COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
NCC083-260427-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120826T0427Z/
/RRDN7.1.ER.120825T1245Z.120825T1345Z.120825T1627Z.NO/
1230 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LOWER ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE RAPIDS.
* AT 11:45 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...FARMLANDS AND TIMBERLANDS NEAR THE RIVER
FLOOD.
&&
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SUN MON TUE WED THU
ROANOKE RIVER
ROANOKE RAPIDS 9 9.4 SAT 12 PM 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.9
TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD
THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE:
ROANOKE RAPIDS: 43.84
$$
BLAES180
WGUS82 KRAH 251848
FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
248 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
LOWER ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE RAPIDS AFFECTING HALIFAX COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
NCC083-251918-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120826T0427Z/
/RRDN7.1.ER.120825T1245Z.120825T1345Z.120825T1610Z.NO/
248 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE LOWER ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE RAPIDS.
* AT 2:15 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 3.9 FEET BY TOMORROW
MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...FARMLANDS AND TIMBERLANDS NEAR THE RIVER
FLOOD
&&
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 SUN MON TUE WED THU
ROANOKE RIVER
ROANOKE RAPIDS 9 8.0 SAT 02 PM 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.9
TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD
THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE:
ROANOKE RAPIDS: 43.84
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 5:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 6:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Warren | 116 min |
| Aug 25, 9:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax | 4 hr |
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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.