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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 15, 2018, 6:18 PM EST for Alamance County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 15, 2018, 8:03 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2018, 6:18 PM EST (23:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2018, 8:03 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2018, 4:51 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Alamance County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Haw River at Haw River (HAWN7). The gauge peaked at 18.51 ft at Nov 15, 2018, 11:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 23 ft
- Major stage
- 27 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02096500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett | 41 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 15 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 27 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:59 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson | 25 hr |
Nearby
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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.