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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2020, 3:34 PM EDT for Halifax County, Northampton County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 27, 2020, 11:50 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2020, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2020, 11:50 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2020, 11:17 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 19:38 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 11.01 ft at May 29, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT.
- 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 May 26, 3:25 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:25 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 8 days |
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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.