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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 7, 2020Edgecombe County, Halifax County, Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 7, 2020, 5:15 PM EST for Edgecombe County, Halifax County, Nash County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 7, 2020, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2020, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 7, 2020, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 11, 2020, 1:40 AM EST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Nash County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fishing Creek near Enfield (EFDN7).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02083000, 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 7, 2:20 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 2:20 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 4:20 PM EST, 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 7, 11:48 AM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 2:09 PM EST, 3 hours 6 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
Feb 6, 7:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	28 min
Feb 6, 7:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Franklin	63 hr
Feb 6, 7:09 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Harnett	32 hr
Feb 6, 7:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford and 2 more	10 hr
Feb 6, 9:16 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more	19 hr
Feb 7, 7:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland	4 days
Feb 7, 10:25 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Wayne	8 days
Feb 7, 10:27 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	8 days
Feb 7, 1:53 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Halifax, Northampton	19 days
Feb 7, 1:53 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Halifax, Northampton	20 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.