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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 13, 2020Franklin County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 13, 2020, 10:56 PM EST for Franklin County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 14, 2020, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2020, 10:56 PM EST (03:56 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 14, 2020, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 14, 2020, 11:00 PM EST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Franklin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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 Tar River at Louisburg (LOUN7). The gauge peaked at 20.49 ft at Nov 14, 2020, 6:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02081747, 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, 6:10 PM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 6:10 PM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 3:04 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHChatham, Lee30 hr
Nov 14, 9:28 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRAHSampson4 days

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.