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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC

January 18, 2013Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Jan 18, 2013, 2:38 AM EST for Chatham County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 18, 2013, 5:19 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2013, 2:38 AM EST (07:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2013, 5:19 AM EST
Expired: Jan 18, 2013, 1:59 PM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Flood severity: Minor

County Chatham County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 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 Haw River near Bynum (BYNN7). The gauge peaked at 11.21 ft at Jan 18, 2013, 7:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02096960, 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 Jan 18, 12:58 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 12:58 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 2:27 AM EST, 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
227 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013

NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-191100-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-
DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
227 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RESIDUAL WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS FROM THE RECENT RAIN AND SNOW WILL
FREEZE AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW 32 DEGREES EARLY THIS MORNING.
THIS WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. ROAD CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER 9 AM AS
TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ011-027-028-042-043-073>078-083>086-088-089-191100-
HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-
HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
227 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 18, 12:15 AM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1215 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     SNOW             PIEDMONT TRIAD AIRPORT  36.10N  79.94W
01/18/2013  M3.0 INCH        GUILFORD           NC   FAA

            3.0 INCHES AT PTI AIRPORT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300049

BSD

Local storm report, Jan 18, 12:20 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1220 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1140 PM     SNOW             4 ENE JAMESTOWN         36.02N  79.86W
01/17/2013  M2.5 INCH        GUILFORD           NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            2.5 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED AT WGHP.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300050

BSD

Local storm report, Jan 18, 12:22 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1222 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1220 AM     SNOW             2 SW HOLLY SPRINGS      35.64N  78.86W
01/18/2013  M0.5 INCH        WAKE               NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 0.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN
            HOLLY SPRINGS

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300051

BSD

Local storm report, Jan 18, 12:25 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1225 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     SNOW             HIGH POINT              35.98N  80.00W
01/18/2013  M3.1 INCH        GUILFORD           NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            3.1 INCHES REPORTED IN HIGH POINT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300052

BSD

Local storm report, Jan 18, 12:49 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1249 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1248 AM     SNOW             2 NW FLOWERS            35.67N  78.38W
01/18/2013  M0.1 INCH        JOHNSTON           NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPROTED 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR
            FLOWERS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300053

BSD

Local storm report, Jan 18, 1:16 AM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
116 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1255 AM     SNOW             RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPO 35.87N  78.78W
01/18/2013  M0.8 INCH        WAKE               NC   FAA

            0.8 INCHES MEASURED AT RDU AIRPORT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300054

BSD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 10:16 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	3 hr
Jan 18, 1:14 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	6 hr
Jan 18, 3:05 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson, Davie	35 hr
Jan 18, 7:03 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	5 hr
Jan 18, 12:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	6 hr
Jan 18, 3:43 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 8 more	17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.