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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this areal flood warning at Jul 17, 2016, 9:12 AM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2016, 9:12 AM EDT (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jul 17, 7:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 7:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 350 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-181000- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 350 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 17, 6:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 16, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Scotland | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 9:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin | 112 min |
| Jul 16, 9:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 10:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 10:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 76 min |
| Jul 16, 11:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Orange and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland | 81 min |
| Jul 17, 8:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 26 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 55 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2016Every areal flood warning in 2016
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.