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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Raleigh, NC

December 31, 2015Chatham County, Lee County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 31, 2015, 3:53 AM EST for Chatham County, Lee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 31, 2015, 3:53 AM EST (08:53 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chatham County, NC, Lee County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Deep River near Moncure (MONN7). The gauge peaked at 9.68 ft at Dec 31, 2015, 4:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02102000, 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 31, 2:39 AM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 2:39 AM EST, 1 hour 14 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
Dec 30, 8:04 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	16 days
Dec 31, 6:28 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Durham	6 hr
Dec 31, 12:21 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Durham	6 hr
Dec 31, 6:20 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Durham	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015 Every 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.