Alert archive / North Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2015
River Flood Warning 27, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 23, 2015, 11:39 AM EST for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 23, 2015, 3:48 PM EST. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2015, 11:39 AM EST (16:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2015, 3:48 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 39 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 16:40 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 10.83 ft at Dec 24, 2015, 6:00 AM 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 Dec 23, 10:40 AM EST, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 10:40 AM EST, 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 4:40 AM EST, 6 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 440 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 NCZ021>023-038-039-073-074-083-084-240945- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-ANSON- RICHMOND- 440 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-075>078-085-086-088-089-240945- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH- EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 440 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TODAY MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG US HIGHWAY 1. THE MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 9:02 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 902 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 NCZ021-022-038-231700- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-DAVIDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE 902 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...POCKETS OF DENSE FOG ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THIS MORNING... POCKETS OF DENSE FOG...REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO JUST A HUNDRED FEET OR SO...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL DISPERSE THE FOG AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 8:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 8:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 49 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 71 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:58 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 3 days |
| Dec 23, 12:21 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange | 114 min |
| Dec 23, 2:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 33 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond and 1 more | 60 min |
| Dec 23, 4:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph and 1 more | 55 min |
| Dec 23, 4:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Lee, Moore, Orange | 58 min |
| Dec 23, 5:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Lee, Moore, Orange | 51 min |
| Dec 23, 5:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 58 min |
| Dec 23, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person, Wake | 51 min |
| Dec 23, 5:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 64 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015
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.