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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 27, 2019Edgecombe County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 27, 2019, 2:13 PM EST for Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 27, 2019, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2019, 2:13 PM EST (19:13 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 28, 2019, 5:59 AM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Edgecombe County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 Tar River at NC97 In Rocky Mount (ROKN7).

Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02082585, 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
Feb 26, 8:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHWayne4 days
Feb 26, 8:52 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHHalifax, Northampton17 days
Feb 27, 12:23 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHJohnston3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.