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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 21, 2019Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 21, 2019, 7:22 PM EDT for Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2019, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2019, 10:44 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Chatham County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 near Bynum (BYNN7). The gauge peaked at 10.68 ft at Mar 21, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02096960, 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
Mar 21, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham25 min

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.