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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 8, 2020Chatham County, Lee County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 8, 2020, 3:13 AM EST for Chatham County, Lee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2020, 3:13 AM EST (08:13 UTC)
Expired
Feb 9, 2020, 11:27 PM EST
In force
44 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Chatham County, NC, Lee County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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 Deep River near Moncure (MONN7). The gauge peaked at 10.99 ft at Feb 7, 2020, 6:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02102000, 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, 12 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 2:20 PM EST, 12 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 4:20 PM EST, 10 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 8:00 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe48 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2020Every 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.