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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 29, 2020Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2020, 7:11 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 30, 2020, 1:19 AM EDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2020, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2020, 1:19 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2020, 9:55 AM EDT
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little River at Manchester (MANN7). The gauge peaked at 20.03 ft at May 30, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02103000, 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 29, 4:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 2:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
204 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SW TURKEY             34.95N 78.25W
05/29/2020                   SAMPSON            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            HIGH WATER AND FLOODED ROADWAYS NEAR
            CLINTON, NC.

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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 3:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 3:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 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
May 28, 9:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Sampson	3 hr
May 29, 12:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Sampson	9 hr
May 29, 4:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Durham	53 min
May 29, 5:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake	56 min
May 29, 6:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Scotland	72 min
May 29, 6:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Wake	60 min
May 29, 7:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	53 min
May 29, 9:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee, Moore	83 min
May 29, 9:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Moore	3 hr
May 29, 11:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Sampson, Wayne	3 hr
May 29, 12:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	56 min
May 29, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	55 min
May 29, 12:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Randolph	113 min
May 29, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham	59 min
May 29, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	61 min
May 29, 1:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly	3 hr
May 29, 1:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	39 hr
May 29, 2:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Stanly	3 hr
May 29, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	41 min
May 29, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Lee	62 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	50 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	77 min
May 29, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	59 min

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.