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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 24, 2018Johnston County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 24, 2018, 8:29 PM EST for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 25, 2018, 4:01 AM EST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2018, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 25, 2018, 4:01 AM EST
Expired
Nov 26, 2018, 8:14 AM EST
In force
28 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 01:33 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 at Smithfield (SMFN7). The gauge peaked at 15.63 ft at Nov 25, 2018, 3:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02087570, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 2:37 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Stanly6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.