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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 23, 2019Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2019, 1:58 PM EST for Chatham County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 23, 2019, 3:33 PM EST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2019, 1:58 PM EST (18:58 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 23, 2019, 3:33 PM EST
Expired
Feb 25, 2019, 6:56 AM EST
In force
39 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 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Haw River near Bynum (BYNN7).

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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Feb 23, 1:05 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 1:05 PM EST, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 5:08 AM EST, 8 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
508 AM EST Sat Feb 23 2019

NCZ008>011-024>028-039>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-241200-
Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-
Randolph-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-
Harnett-Wayne-Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
508 AM EST Sat Feb 23 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Areas of fog tonight will become dense at times through Sunday
morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Areas of dense fog will disperse through mid to late morning Sunday. Windy
conditions will follow, with wind gusts between 35 and 40 mph likely
through early Sunday evening. Locally stronger wind gusts between 40
and 50 mph may occur in a broken line of fast-moving showers that
will cross the area from midday to mid afternoon Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ007-021>023-038-241200-
Person-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Davidson-
508 AM EST Sat Feb 23 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Areas of fog tonight will become dense at times through Sunday
morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Areas of dense fog will disperse through mid to late morning Sunday. Windy
conditions will follow, with wind gusts between 35 and 40 mph likely
through early Sunday evening. Isolated gusts up to 45 mph will be
possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 23, 12:32 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 23, 12:37 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 11:21 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHChatham8 hr
Feb 23, 12:31 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Person4 hr
Feb 23, 1:58 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHAlamance38 hr
Feb 23, 3:06 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHHalifax, Northampton20 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.