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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2019, 3:06 PM EST for Halifax County, Northampton County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 23, 2019, 3:27 PM EST. It was in force for 20 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2019, 3:06 PM EST (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2019, 3:27 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2019, 12:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 days
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Halifax County, NC, Northampton County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids (RRDN7). The gauge peaked at 11.02 ft at Mar 9, 2019, 9:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02080500, 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, 2:40 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 2:40 PM EST, 26 minutes before
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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
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 11:21 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 8 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Person | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:58 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance | 38 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:58 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 41 hr |
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.