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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 9, 2014Johnston County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 9, 2014, 3:33 AM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 9, 2014, 4:05 AM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 9, 2014, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 9, 2014, 4:05 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 10, 2014, 2:46 AM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 07:35 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 Neuse River near Clayton (CLYN7). The gauge peaked at 8.97 ft at Sep 9, 2014, 5:00 AM EDT.

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 Sep 9, 3:15 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 3:15 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 11:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1141 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2014

NCZ009>011-026>028-041>043-078-090930-
VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-
WAYNE-
1141 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ007-008-021>025-038>040-073>077-083>086-088-089-090930-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-
RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-
SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
1141 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 8, 10:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1028 PM EDT MON SEP 08 2014

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

0920 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SSE WARRENTON         36.34N  78.13W
09/08/2014                   WARREN             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWELL MILLS RD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401683

KC

Local storm report, Sep 8, 10:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1032 PM EDT MON SEP 08 2014

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

0920 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 N ARCOLA              36.35N  77.98W
09/08/2014                   WARREN             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW ROADS CLOSED IN EASTERN WARREN COUNTY DUE TO HIGH
            WATER INCLUDING BRISTON BROWN ROAD AND REEDY CREEK ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401684

KC

Local storm report, Sep 8, 11:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1109 PM EDT MON SEP 08 2014

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

1040 PM     HEAVY RAIN       6 S GARNER              35.61N  78.64W
09/08/2014  M6.94 INCH       WAKE               NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            STORM TOTAL OF 6.94 INCHES WITH 1.17 INCHES SINCE 445
            PM.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401685

BLAES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 8, 10:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson	6 hr
Sep 9, 12:52 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	56 hr
Sep 9, 6:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Warren	3 hr
Sep 9, 6:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne and 1 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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.