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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 11, 202031 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood watch at Nov 11, 2020, 3:08 AM EST for 31 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 11, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 11, 2020, 3:08 AM EST (08:08 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 11, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 12, 2020, 3:33 PM EST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Flood severity: None

All 31 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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 Nov 10, 6:30 PM EST, 8 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 6:30 PM EST, 8 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 3:39 AM EST, 23 hours 29 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
Nov 11, 3:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash, Wilson	67 min
Nov 11, 4:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wilson	3 hr
Nov 11, 5:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	44 min
Nov 11, 5:48 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	2 hr
Nov 11, 6:07 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	5 hr
Nov 11, 6:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	41 min

Nearby

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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.