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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 25, 2017Chatham County, Orange County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this areal flood warning at Apr 25, 2017, 7:38 AM EDT for Chatham County, Orange County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 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: Apr 25, 2017, 7:38 AM EDT (11:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2017, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Chatham County, NC, Orange County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:41 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 Apr 25, 4:19 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 4:19 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 1:49 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:22 AM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:24 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:25 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:26 AM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:28 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:30 AM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
730 AM EDT TUE APR 25 2017

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

0600 AM     FLOOD            3 SSE GORMAN            36.00N 78.80W
04/25/2017                   DURHAM             NC   PUBLIC

            ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF N MINERAL SPRINGS RD AND
            FLETCHERS CHAPEL RD.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 8:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Nash, Person, Wilson	6 hr
Apr 24, 9:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Nash, Person and 2 more	14 hr
Apr 24, 11:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	5 days
Apr 24, 11:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	61 hr
Apr 25, 1:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	6 hr
Apr 25, 1:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Harnett and 3 more	6 hr
Apr 25, 6:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	RAH	Wake	4 hr
Apr 25, 9:39 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	4 days
Apr 25, 9:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	5 days
Apr 25, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Harnett	38 hr
Apr 25, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland	61 hr
Apr 25, 11:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Wayne	10 days
Apr 25, 11:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Johnston and 6 more	24 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2017 Every areal flood warning in 2017

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.