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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 18, 2019Forsyth County, Guilford County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood watch at Jun 18, 2019, 4:08 AM EDT for Forsyth County, Guilford County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 18, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2019, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 18, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2019, 3:50 AM EDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Flood severity: None

Counties Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 18, 3:18 AM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:18 AM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 10:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 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
Jun 17, 10:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	64 min
Jun 17, 10:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	7 hr
Jun 18, 1:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson	37 min
Jun 18, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	60 min
Jun 18, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Vance	57 min
Jun 18, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	54 min
Jun 18, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person, Vance	57 min
Jun 18, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	38 min
Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	60 min
Jun 18, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	56 min
Jun 18, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	49 min
Jun 18, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Granville, Vance	58 min
Jun 18, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	55 min
Jun 18, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	52 min
Jun 18, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	62 min
Jun 18, 7:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Forsyth	3 hr
Jun 18, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Stanly	59 min
Jun 18, 7:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Guilford	3 hr
Jun 18, 7:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Forsyth	2 hr

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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.