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River Flood Warning 67, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 13, 2020Halifax County, Northampton County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 13, 2020, 10:51 AM EST for Halifax County, Northampton County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 13, 2020, 9:28 PM EST. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2020, 10:51 AM EST (15:51 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 13, 2020, 9:28 PM EST
Expired: Dec 4, 2020, 10:51 AM EST
In force: 21 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 15:52 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 Roanoke River near Scotland Neck (SCON7).

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 31 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02081000, 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 Nov 13, 10:42 AM EST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 10:42 AM EST, 9 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 12, 7:19 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Anson, Stanly	29 hr
Nov 12, 7:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Harnett	20 hr
Nov 12, 8:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more	19 hr
Nov 13, 3:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland	4 days
Nov 13, 3:50 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	4 days
Nov 13, 1:16 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Halifax, Northampton	21 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.